New reforms will make treatment more efficient
BY LILLIAN REYES
The News
MEXICO CITY – Health Secretary Mercedes Juan Lopéz said Sunday that the principal aims of the new health reforms will be to ensure access by the people to health care, create a regulatory body that monitors medical services and establish a National Health System Commission.
Juan López was speaking during the “Health Policy of the Mexican State” conference attended by master’s degree students in National Defense School’s military administration program.
The health reform proposal, she said, is part of the government’s Universal Health System plan.
She said these reforms will work by gradually increasing the number of diseases that can be treated in the health care coverage system while maintaining quality standards, minimizing wait times, improving the responsiveness of medical institutions and standardizing the costs of services.
She added that the new medical monitoring system will guarantee that institutions provide adequate services. When these institutions cannot address the needs of a patient the health care institutions will have a system where they can refer patients to alternate health care providers.
Juan López added that the National Universal Health System Commission would have the responsibility of identifying a patients condition and determining treatment costs.
In addition, she said healthcare institutions would be charged with strengthening ties between all other health institutions making it easier for them to share information and provide better health care.
She added that the health care reform will include legal modifications that will provide the foundation for a health system that is much more interconnected, thereby benefiting the welfare of the whole population.
The National Universal Health System Commission seems to come in coordination with President Enrique Peña Nieto’s launch of the national strategy to prevent and control overweight and diabetes problems.
This program integrates intervention and prevention efforts with comprehensive medical care, advertising and food labeling initiatives.
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