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The Social Health Insurance (EsSalud), through the Complementary Medicine Management of the Central Health Benefits Management, prepared and made available the “Glossary of Complementary Medicine Terms” with the aim of encouraging and promoting complementary medicine. quality. This document, which is unique in the country, will allow concepts to be standardized and have an adequate understanding of the terminology used in complementary medicine, which in turn will facilitate articulation with the conventional medical system.
This was reported by Dr. Gabriela Minaya Martínez, Manager of Complementary Medicine at EsSalud, who also pointed out that for the preparation of this document there was the contribution and validation of experts representing the Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos (UNMSM), Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia (UPCH), San Martín de Porres University (USMP) and the Medical College of Peru (CMP).
"Considering that the demand for complementary and alternative therapies is increasing in many countries, the dissemination and understanding of this glossary is very important as it is a useful consultation tool for the appropriate use of terminology in the field of health care provision. health services that are considered complementary to conventional health systems,” said Dr. Gabriela Minaya.
In the Social Health Insurance, the glossary will be used as a management document by professionals from the complementary medicine care centers and units of the healthcare/benefit networks and those linked to complementary medicine. In addition, it can be useful as a reference document in academic spaces or other institutions at the national level.
In addition, he reported that the document contains a total of 194 terms with their respective definitions and bibliographic references, which will allow better use of complementary medicine in Social Health Security.
