New focus on primary care with the creation of cardiometabolic clinics

With the creation of cardiometabolic clinics, the Social Security Fund (CSS) seeks to provide a new approach to the care of policyholders who suffer from chronic diseases such as high blood pressure, diabetes and obesity, among others; as part of the preventive approach to primary care.

During the seminar that was held with the aim of presenting the new strategy to physicians, the Director General of the CSS, Dr. Enrique Lau Cortés, pointed out that “this administration seeks to migrate the care models focused on the disease, for models focused on prevention and health ”.

Similarly, Dr. Lau Cortés referred to the optimization of people's health through the promotion of healthy lifestyles and stated that "the solution to problems is not to treat conditions when the patient is already It manifests them, but rather to prevent them early ”.

For her part, Dr. Mali Alzamora, national coordinator of Family Medicine, indicated that through the Cardiometabolic Clinics the aim is to prevent, in the general population, the advance in the deterioration of organs such as the kidneys, heart and avoid as much as possible , heart attacks and strokes.

Dr. Alzamora stated that initially and as part of the pilot plan, it will start with two (2) of these health units, which will be located at the San Juan de Dios Polyclinic in Natá, Coclé province and the “Dr . Carlos N. Brin ”in San Francisco, province of Panama.

He added that the idea is to link the Cardiometabolic Clinics with the Wellness Centers, which are located in related regions, to provide the population with treatment options, to keep risk factors under control.