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This condition has been considered as a public health problem in Bolivia, Cuba, Chile, and Panama. It is estimated that every hour an osteoporosis hip fracture occurs in Colombia.

Healthcare institutions use these services to have direct access to patients across the globe, which is indispensable for the growth of medical tourism.

Ministry of Health (MoH) presented a new communication channel called “e-health” for the citizens of Brazil.

A global survey conducted shows the highest increases are projected this year (11.5%) in Latin America, due to high inflation rates in some countries.

The market is primarily driven by rising incidence of hospital-acquired infections (HAIs) and the increasing focus on disinfection and sterilization of devices.

The development of medical tourism in Latin America in recent years has been very profitable for destination country economies. Surgical and dental procedures are offered at a sharp discount [...]

Chile ranked 48th in a study evaluating the Healthcare Access and Quality (HAQ) in 195 countries from 1990 to 2015.

Bolivia intends to invest more than USD150 million for the installation of three integral centers of nuclear medicine in the cities of El Alto, La Paz and Santa Cruz (east) for the detection and [...]

Government of Mexico City advances its strategy in digitizing health services. Carlos Slim Foundation signed an agreement with the government for digitizing a patient data from "El Médico en tu Casa".

A study carried out on four Latin American countries including Argentina, Brazil, Colombia and Chile concluded that most efforts of the health system concentrate on the higher income population [...]