LATIN AMERICA costs . We try to show that when high technology is used right it will ameliorate the disease , increase quality of life and decrease the cost of caring for the disease . True , using high technology is more expensive per event but caring for the disease costs less when tools are used properly and when the right tools are used ,” stated Mejia .
Mejia asserted that the corollary of the digitalization of medicine is more effective treatments and interventions . An example of this digitalization is the integration of diagnostic images onto one computer . According to Mejia , this type of integration allows the physician to perform more objective and timely diagnoses , which express themselves as expedited and more appropriate surgeries . This is one way in which the clinic capitalizes on medical digital technologies .
Social commitment
As a non-profit organization , the clinic reinvests all of its earnings in three areas : technology , training and social responsibility programs . One of these programs , Corazon Colombia , battles the problem of congenital heart disease .
Corazón Colombia is a foundation program that operates on children who have no resources or don ’ t have easy access to the social security health care system . The clinic operates on their
“ The clinic managed to win a “ Partial Plan for Urban Renovation .” It ’ s an urban instrument furnished by the city , and it will transform the clinic and its surroundings into a comprehensive medical complex ”
– Gilberto Mejia , Scientific Director of Fundacion Clínica Shaio
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