Healthcare Magazine February 2015 | Page 102

GRUPO VITALMEX
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defined by transferring all the economies of scale to the patient via healthcare institutions ,” said Jaime Cervantes , CEO for Vitalmex . Countries such as Guatemala , Peru , Colombia , Brazil , Turkey , India , China , Thailand , Russia , England , Portugal , Italy and Spain are facing similar problems to the ones experienced in Mexico ’ s current health sector .
Vitalmex Group seeks to solve conflicts involving opportunity , availability and access to health services by becoming one of the most important health suppliers . “ Public-private partnerships are becoming more common in our country ; given that condition , Vitalmex is developing alternative business models able to provide healthcare to a population group which currently lacks coverage not only in Mexico , but in other emerging economies ,” Cervantes added .
Medical Improvements Fifty years after Mexico remained far from providing any significant achievement on the medical field , Vitalmex created the first universal artificial heart , the VITACoR-UVAD , after 10years of research and investments of more than $ 10 million ; the device was successfully placed in a human being in August 2012 , bringing the spotlight to the Vitalmex Group for their contribution to the global health sector . The device ’ s cost will be available at a cost of 70 percent less in comparison with current ,
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