Newsletter
for health professionals of Coomeva Medicina Prepagada ISSN 2011-3579
Vol. 8
#1
April 2015
OUR PREPAID MEDICINE IN THE CONTEXT OF THE NEW LAW THAT GUARANTEES THE FUNDAMENTAL RIGHT TO HEALTH CARE
CONTENT 4
INTERVIEW ALEJANDRO GAVIRIA: “IT IS URGENT TO RESTORE THE CONFIDENCE IN THE SYSTEM”
8
HEALT UP TO DATE CANCER SURVIVAL DEPENDS ON WHERE YOU LIVE
RESEARCH REPORT
12
THE SYSTEMIC APPROACH TO DIABETES
PROMOTION AND PREVENTION
14
HEALTHY HABITS PROTECT FROM DEMENTIA
EBM
16
SOME GENE VARIANTS PROTECT AGAINST HIV
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 18 COLOMBIAN INTERNATIONAL INNOVATION AWARD RECOGNITION TO THE FIRST OTOLOGIST IN THE COLOMBIAN CARIBBEAN
FROM COOMEVA
20
ENJOY MORE ADDITIONAL BENEFITS IN GOLD AND GOLD PLUS
MEDICAL WORLD BOOKS REVIEWS AND EVENTS
22
“... It gives access to health care services in a timely, and efficient manner, with high quality, for the preservation, improvement, and promotion of wellbeing...”. Defining clearly the new Statutory Health Care Act, with its new character, and essence, Colombians will now benefit from the status the health care system acquires as a value inherent to the human condition. And our new challenge leads us to establish a categorical difference from the POS, which should be clearly perceived and valued by our users, particularly in cities where health care infrastructure allows us to offer different services. Colombian health care needs confirm the importance of the coexistence of the voluntary, and the compulsory insurance policies. The apparent disadvantage of the first one versus the second one, in terms of the scope of their benefit plans, opens up an excellent opportunity for the development of an additional model that results in a product that offers huge benefits for our population, achieving a good blend of excellent accommodations, quality services, operational excellence, opportunity of choice, and access to technology. We are at a turning point. The new legislature offer a golden opportunity, while the law makers regulate the new Health Care Act, they can also satisfy the needs of the market, allowing us to generate products that complement, with sufficient funding, and benefit the two existing successful models of health care insurance: the prepaid medical system, and the mandatory. That is the challenge in this new era of progress, and development of our country. To the extent that every day we feel committed to the trust offered to us by the national government, to provide quality, and timely health care services to citizens. But also it is a challenge to our long term expertise in Coomeva Medicina Prepagada. From the birth of our company, we have always sought to achieve our mission of serving the member families, with all the possible tools to build an excellent quality of life. In order to achieve these goals, and to take our organization to an ideal level of strength, and leadership, we’ve implemented, and reinforced during the last 50 years several programs on health promotion, and prevention of diseases, designed for each of the members of the family we like to call Coomeva Medicina Prepagada. Through various programs and follow-up strategies, that also includes the promotion of new healthy habits, and lifestyles, so that we can effectively modify risks to the health of our users. This is the commitment with which we enter these new challenges, with an optimistic outlook about the future of Colombia. General Management Coomeva Medicina Prepagada