The Imminent Changes the Medical System Needs to Provide Access to Radiology
Access to quality radiology remains a dream for much of Latin America.
It is estimated that conditions whose diagnosis relies on imaging studies, such as cancer and cardiovascular disease, are responsible for nearly 82% of deaths in Latin America and the Caribbean. In Mexico alone, there are 30 radiologists and three magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) units per million inhabitants. Across the continent, medical systems have become increasingly costly, saturated and limited in their capacity to provide care.
Radiology is regarded by many as the medicine of the future because of its continuous technological advances. But if basic care remains out of reach for the general population in the developing world, this evolution will be in vain. To truly bring the future to everyone, it is necessary to transform the medical system and restructure the way technology is selected, adopted and implemented according to the region's unique needs.
Medicine at the service of the patient
In an overwhelmed system, patients are no longer at the center of medical care. Many must wait months to undergo radiological exams, incur significant costs traveling to healthcare centers, and frequently receive delayed, incorrect or incomplete diagnoses.
Addressing these problems requires adopting technologies aimed at reducing administrative burden and improving the patient experience. In the case of Eden Management, the platform is designed to centralize operations with minimal infrastructure, allowing implementation in any corner of the continent. This, combined with the digital delivery of results via WhatsApp, is a solution that simplifies the patient experience within the healthcare system's workflow and speeds up the diagnostic process for timely medical care.
Tools at the service of the physician
A central element in the adoption of new technologies is the radiologist's experience. In Latin America, radiologists are overburdened with work and many lack the equipment needed to perform it properly. As a result, costly, complex technologies with high infrastructure requirements would become an obstacle rather than a productivity tool.
For this reason, Eden PACS was created to be intuitive, lightweight and accessible from any device. These strategies help work around infrastructure challenges to offer physicians intuitive diagnostic tools. Likewise, with the implementation of artificial intelligence in the form of Eden Creator, it is possible to reduce workload and take the first step toward automating repetitive processes.
Technology at the service of everyone
The vast majority of advanced radiological technology providers are large international companies whose products are not adapted to the needs of the developing world. The giants of the medical industry see only what is in their line of sight.
That is why Eden was born: to cover the medical system's blind spots in Latin America from within. By building a close relationship with our partner institutions, we can respond directly to the experiences of physicians and patients throughout the region. It is only through this continuous evolution, adaptability and closeness to the realities of the continent that it will be possible to bring extraordinary radiology to everyone.