As part of its presentation of financial results, Apple’s representative, Tim Cook, and his vice-president and director of finances Peter Oppenheimer, presented a project with the Colombian Cardiovascular Foundation supported by the National Educational Service (Sena) as a successful case study in Latin America.
According to the directors of the technology giant, the initiative, led by the Cardiovascular Foundation, is a diagnostic imaging solution that helps to save lives through the healthcare services it provides to the most remote areas of the country, through mobile devices.
Two weeks before, Apple had contacted the Foundation to inform them that, among hundreds of case studies worldwide, their initiative, based in Floridablanca, Santander, had been selected for presentation as a successful case study of the proper use of technology.
“It can also be applied to patients in intensive care units, as it allows the monitoring of vital signs. In addition we have nuclear medicine, CAT scans, ultrasounds, mammograms, and angiograms, amongst others. The most important progress in the project was achieved thanks to the support of Sena, by which we have moved into the age of mobile devices, making telemedicine more accessible,” explained Gilberto Reyes Ortiz, Director of Information and Communications Technologies at the Cardiovascular Foundation, speaking to the El Tiempo newspaper.
“So, thanks to this company’s extensive experience of over ten years in the development of its own technologies and the capital from Sena of 1.3 billion pesos we have helped hundreds of people with medical consults via chat, video and audio and other services.”
Source: Terra Colombia
