Guatemala is one of the few countries in the region that still uses international standards for efficient and safer health sector, at which representatives of public and private hospitals were urged to invest in the systematization of this service. Guatemala, August 2013.

By Andrea Orozco

Arturo Ramirez Munguia, CEO of GS1, global organization dedicated to the design and implementation of global standards, He explained that the lack of standards makes it more prone to the health sector to make mistakes that harm the patient, how to change wrong records and perform procedures.

Ramírez Munguía dijo que Brazil, Argentina, Mexico and Costa Rica, entre otros ya cuentan con programas que permiten identificar electrónicamente al paciente y tener registro de su situación y medicamentos que debe recibir.

Erick Saravia, representative Control Networks, company working with GS1, said to give more security to patient care centers must implement electronic records of your users and your file, inventory handling and electronic medication over a wireless network, establecer la cantidad exacta de medicamento que requiere cada uno.

The investment for this systematization depend on the size of that required hospital, but a return is guaranteed 12 months because operating costs are minimized.