- According to the INEGI in Mexico there are just over 350,000 health professionals.
- The entities that concentrate the majority of medical personnel are Mexico City, the State of Mexico, Jalisco, Veracruz and Nuevo León.
- Based on statistics, out of every 100 doctors, only 33 are specialists.
There are tools that are of great help to health professionals in their work. One of the main ones is to have a electronic agenda because it is the basis to better manage time inside and outside the office. It is also one of the keys to enter the digital world.
Current panorama of health in Mexico
In this sense, it is necessary to remember that in Mexico there are approximately 2.4 doctors for every thousand inhabitants, according to figures from the National Institute of Geography and Statistics (INEGI). While out of every 100 doctors only 33 are specialists in some branch of medicine.
While the labor market for health professionals is complicated when in certain sectors of the country there is a higher concentration of doctors.
According to the National Occupation and Employment Survey (ENOE) INEGI reports a higher concentration of doctors in states such as the Mexico City, State of Mexico, Jalisco, Veracruz and Nuevo León.
In contrast, there is less availability of specialists in Baja California Sur, Quintana Roo, Tlaxcala, Zacatecas, Campeche and Colimawhere it is estimated that less than 5 percent of health professionals are concentrated.
Electronic diary, how does it help doctors?
For a doctor to have visibility and achieve the loyalty of his patients, it is necessary to take into account certain factors such as having a reception process and good care. Also a correct organization of your time and to achieve it you can rely on a electronic agenda. In this way, it is possible to link its processes to technological issues that allow it to make its work more efficient and provide a better -and faster- service.
Derived from the above, patients will be able to access medical appointments in a much more agile way, either from scheduling an appointment through a call or through a platform that connects them with experts. According to figures from Doctoralia, 85% of patients want to be able to book an appointment online and 80% of them choose a specialist based on the opinions of other patients.
In addition, for each health professional it is essential that their calendar is organized and that they have the time to be able to carry out each consultation properly, without rushing.
Patients highly value the time they are given because the prices they pay for services can be significant, so the care and quality provided to them is extremely important.
On the other hand, technology has become a great support for the health sector today. Being part of a platform where patients can make or cancel appointments from a smartphone, tablet or computer can help reduce the number of absenteeism in clinics and personal offices by up to 65%. Patients can also have better control over the appointments they have scheduled and if they cannot attend, they can cancel immediately.
For health professionals, it is essential to know the opinion of their patients and to be able to streamline the process by asking them to leave an opinion on their profile on the web, so that other patients can consult those opinions and make a decision with whom they can attend, it is critical.
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