Telemedicine services in the chilean public sector; a first quantitative study

The authors postulate a competitive fund (of the Regional Government of Valparaiso) to study and develop a proposal based on telemedicine. In a first study on the state of the art (both as in Latin America nationally), it is found that, despite some isolated efforts of some services and health centers in general, the situation in the public health system Chile remains insignificant. With work, intended to know what the real production level (actually registered) of the different types of medical practices based on Telemedicine in primary care centers and low complexity hospitals, who require the assistance of a specialist doctor at the distance. He appealed to official statistics from the Ministry of Health; and background and results of the study will be an important tool for the design, development and implementation of new projects based telemedicine (according to the actual demand)