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[Health Regulation in High Specialty Medical Units of the IMSS]
Carlos Fredy Cuevas-García1, Martha Patricia Galán-Hermosillo2, Víctor Daniel Martínez-Enciso2
1Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social, Unidad de Atención Médica, Coordinación de Unidades Médicas de Alta Especialidad. Ciudad de México, México.
Abstract:
In accordance with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) of the 2030 Agenda of the United Nations General Assembly, the National Development Plan (PND) 2019-2024 includes in its Guiding Principles, "Leave no one behind; leave no one out", and for its part, the Mexican Social Security Institute (IMSS) implements strategies to guarantee access to universal health through the granting of economic, social and medical benefits, whose objective is to promote, maintain and recover . health care, however, to be carried out with effectiveness, quality and safety, these activities require Health Care Institutions authorization. In this work, the Operational Plan for Health Security in Medical Units of the IMSS (POSSUM IMSS) is disclosed, all the Licenses in all Third Level Care hospitals, whose objective was to comply with the instructions of the General Directorate (DG). on February 2, 2023, within the framework of the Safe Hospital program, to process 100% of Licenses in High Specialty Medical Units (UMAE). After its implementation, on November 10, 2023, the entire UMAE reached 100% Global Compliance in Licenses. The POSSUM IMSS contributes to regulatory certainty to achieve the transformation towards a more modern, inclusive, safe and efficient IMSS for the user and worker population and is susceptible to being implemented in other public and private sector institutions.
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