Overview
- Presidents and health officials announced in early June that a single interoperable Expediente Clínico Digital will be deployed across IMSS, ISSSTE and IMSS‑Bienestar so a patient’s record can be accessed at any public facility.
- IMSS‑Bienestar announced a 13 billion peso 2026 procurement to buy about 32,000 devices, including linear accelerators, MRI units and AI‑enabled and conventional mammographs, with purchases and installations already underway.
- ISSSTE has opened four AI‑assisted mammography reading centers called “Cuartos Azules” in Mexico City, Jalisco, Yucatán and Coahuila that together can interpret roughly 400,000 mammograms a year and will receive images from dozens of regional units.
- IMSS is expanding digital tools and connectivity with the voice‑to‑text program Mírame a los ojos used in about 6 million family‑medicine visits and 402 teleconsultation units, while 41 new 256‑slice CT scanners were delivered to 39 hospitals in April.
- Officials set short‑term rollout goals for 2026 and 2027 that include connecting 8,400 IMSS‑Bienestar clinics to the internet, certifying surgeons in robotic techniques, and testing sector‑wide interoperability, but coverage notes remaining hurdles on training, privacy and operations.