- The decree with which Conamed was created was published on June 3, 1996.
- It is an institution whose purpose is to contribute to resolving in a friendly manner and in good faith the conflicts that arise between the users of medical services and their providers.
- It also promotes medical research and for this purpose every year it receives interns who are in the last year of their studies.
There is constant talk about the National Medical Arbitration Commission (Conamed) due to its importance within the health field. Its main function is to serve as an intermediary between health professionals and patients. It is also the instance to which you must turn in the event of any negligence. But the truth is that it also carries out other activities.
Promote medical research
In this sense, another task that it fulfills is to promote the Medical Investigation. For this purpose, each year it receives interns who are in their last year of professional training to carry out their social service.
All this leads to an important recognition that was released by the with me. These are two young people who, while they completed their social service, also prepared for the National Examination of Applicants for Medical Residencies (ENARM) 2022 which was applied from September 27 to 29 of the current year.
The most outstanding thing was both were among the highest test scores. Therefore, they had the opportunity to be among the first to choose their specialty.
The intern in social service Valeria Jaquelin Lopez Cruzhe took the exam at the Chiapas headquarters, and his specialty of choice is Pediatrics.
The social service intern Rogelio Huerta Diazhe took the exam in the State of Puebla and his specialty of choice is General Surgery.
It’s like the CONAMED supports those students who carry out their social service in the institution, favoring their academic and research activities, providing them with tools that allow them to improve their knowledge and skills, fostering success stories among interns within this National Commission.
What is Conmed?
It is a decentralized body of the SSa and was created by presidential decree. Its publication in the Official Gazette of the Federation appeared on June 3, 1996. From the beginning, its objective has been to help protect the right to health protection, as well as to improve the quality of the provision of medical services.
Therefore, it is an institution whose purpose is to contribute to resolving in a friendly manner and in good faith the conflicts that arise between the users of medical services and their providers. Likewise, it promotes and fosters a good relationship, dignified treatment, values, adherence to the medical lex artis, and ethics in the doctor-patient relationship.
Other functions that Conamed has
In addition, Conamed is a specialized instance that has technical autonomy and has powers to receive complaints, investigate alleged irregularities in the provision of medical services, and issue its opinions, agreements, and awards. All of the above is aimed at resolving conflicts by acting with impartiality, confidentiality and respect. To achieve this, it is based on procedures for the resolution of conflicts such as: orientation, immediate management, conciliation and arbitration.
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