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One of the most important issues that has been detected as a great challenge for private providers is that they have the capacity to build functional health ecosystems where they establish effective levels of information and connection, from the primary levels of care, through the intermediate levels. care and even highly specialized services (tertiary or quaternary care).

“There are still many challenges in the operation of highly specialized hospitals, but surely the integration with the external consultation, the referral and counter-referral of patients and the link with the following levels of care are the biggest problems that patients face within the hospital. ecosystem”, mentions Jaime Cater Gutiérrez, President of Estructuras de Información S.C. (EDI).

The financial system in charge of covering the costs of care plays a vital role in the functionality of the health ecosystem. At present and in accordance with the recent evolution of the health system, health financial institutions, such as private health insurance companies, face the challenge of designing new accessible models to launch different types of health insurance policies.
Some insurance companies have been exploring the mechanism to operate their primary care clinics and some have even begun to open their own hospitals.

Jaime Cater