{"id":16289,"date":"2021-11-29T21:01:18","date_gmt":"2021-11-29T21:01:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/globalhealthintelligence.com\/?p=16289"},"modified":"2026-02-16T12:18:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-16T18:18:08","slug":"the-impact-of-covid-19-on-healthcare-in-mexico","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/globalhealthintelligence.com\/pt-br\/ghi-analysis\/the-impact-of-covid-19-on-healthcare-in-mexico\/","title":{"rendered":"The Impact of COVID-19 on Healthcare in Mexico"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The pandemic has brought us several\nlessons and among the more prominent ones have been new ways of working,\nlearning, communicating and doing business. Healthcare has also been affected\nby the winds of change as telemedicine has gained ground: it has emerged as a\nnew way of providing primary care and following up with patients that receive\nprolonged treatments for chronic or long-term illnesses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As such, over the past 18 months\ntelemedicine grew at a level that otherwise would have taken it 10 years to\nachieve, becoming an impressive breakthrough that has positively impacted the\nlives of patients and doctors. However, there are still significant challenges\ndirectly related to technological access and, above all, connectivity, which\nare crucial to make this service universal. In Mexico<\/a>, while\nit\u2019s true that telemedicine service is driven not just by the government (via\nthe Health Secretariat) but also by the National Center for Technological\nExcellence in Health (or CENETEC, as per its Spanish-language acronym), overall,\ntelemedicine is still taking its first steps in the country. The keys to\ntelemedicine working effectively are data accessibility and the ability to\noffer quality service regardless of where the doctor and patient are located.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This involves having a very robust\nIT system and security features that will protect the data of the patient, the\ndoctor and the institution, i.e., the clinic or hospital, yet still allow for\nthe retrieval of necessary information when appointments and follow-up\ntreatments take place. When it comes to managing medical histories of patients,\ndata access should be provided in a comprehensive way to make it easy for both\nthe doctor and the patient to access the information.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The use of electronic prescriptions,\nwhich is still not very well developed in Mexico<\/a> and\noffers great potential, is another of the advances that have been spreading\nacross Latin America. The use of digital support for these types of documents,\ngiven their legal importance, is exponentially speeding up the connections\nbetween pharmacies and doctors, which in turn provides the patient with a fast\nsolution that takes only minutes. This is particularly important in cases in\nwhich the participants (doctors and patients) are located in different areas. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Given that Mexico<\/a> is a\nlarge country with a big population and limited professional resources, IT\ninfrastructure offers a beneficial opportunity and, along with telemedicine,\ncan deliver a solution for the lack of available treatment in different areas\naround the country. While primary care has grown, there has also been an\nincrease of more than 8% in the use of short-stay beds\u2014and huge jump\nconsidering that historically, short-stay bed use has only grown by 1-2% per\nyear. This phenomenon is a clear lesson\u2014courtesy of COVID-19\u2014with regard the\nmedical interaction between patients and the institutions. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

During the peak infection periods of\nthe pandemic, patients in Mexico<\/a> decided\nto reduce doctor visits, partially out of fear and partially due to\nrecommendations by health authorities. This has led them to have a different relationship\nwith healthcare and treat the highly urgent matters in the moment they need to\nbe treated. Today, healthcare and timely diagnoses are driving a reduction in\nthe misuse of beds for elective procedures, allowing more space for necessary\nprocedures. In addition, there has also been an increase in robotic surgery for\nminimally invasive surgeries, which considerably reduce recovery time for\npatients and, in turn, shorten their hospital\/clinic stays. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The effects of the pandemic have\nbeen devastating economically, educationally, politically and emotionally. We\nhave had to reinvent ourselves and work around adversity to come out ahead.\nLatin American countries have been among the hardest hit in the world by COVID\nand we still have much work to do in order to fully recover. However, we\u2019ve\nlearned important lessons that have forged the way for implementing technology in\nplaces where it would have been unthinkable a few months back. Healthcare and education\nwere the sectors that were most transformed by the effects of the pandemic, and\nwe should treat this transformation as the tip of the iceberg. Moreover, healthcare\nin particular is a topic that is being discussed in several international\nforums, such as the Pan-American Health Organization (PAHO); last month Carissa\nF. Etienne, the PAHO\u2019s director, brought to light the urgency of the need to\ninvest in strengthening healthcare systems and in the production of healthcare\ntechnologies. Etienne emphasized LAC\u2019s need to become self-sufficient in this\narea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We\u2019re now at a tipping point that\nrequires active participation from all the involved healthcare stakeholders to\ndrive development in the region. There is a new way of doing things that is\nhere to stay and it\u2019s necessary for business to organically complement these\nnew ways of doing things by educating professionals, offering universe access\nto basic healthcare services and, above all, by investing in technology.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That is why we at Global Health Intelligence\ncontinually drive the development and implementation of new technologies\nthrough our communications channels, which we use to share reports and points\nof view regarding the technological transformation that is emerging throughout\nthe region. We also strive to work with companies that invest in cutting-edge\ntechnology that connect data with the stakeholders that make decisions in Latin\nAmerica\u2019s healthcare market. Since 2014 our commitment has allowed us to\nestablish different partnerships with key players to generate valuable\ninformation to help with decision making. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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