Boletin coomtacto

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Newsletter

for health professionals of Coomeva Medicina Prepagada ISSN 2011-3579

Vol. 7

No. 3

August - october 2014

Coomeva, a dream born

CONTENT

out of 27 altruistic doctors 4

HEALT UP TO DAte An overview on organ donation and transplantation in Colombia: the country doesn’t quite make it!

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Current recommendations for the treatment of hypertension

promotiOn AND prevention

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Exercise will change human epidemiology

FROM COOMEVA

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Celebration: The Secretary Day

MEDICAL WORLD Books reviews and events

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Cooperativism, the world’s largest socioeconomic organization, is the model for Coomeva, the biggest professional’s venture in the country. We were born 50 years ago as a cooperative in Valle del Cauca, and today we are one of the 20 largest organizations in Colombia, with 17 companies operating in 1,081 townships throughout 25 departments. In our 50th anniversary it is important to remember how in the early 1960s, led by pediatrician Uriel Estrada Calderon, 27 physicians facing adverse working conditions, without coverage nor social security, and shocked by the lack of protection endured by the family after the death of a colleague, they saw the need of insurance for the whole medical community. In this search they found something much bigger, an enterprise that represented a milestone not only for their lives, but also for the socioeconomic development of the country: it was cooperativism. Thus began Coomeva. A feat that started a half a century ago, on March 4th 1964, with a capital of $6,600. And now this organization is part of the history of Colombia, while consolidating the dream of its founding fathers. Today it is a community of more than 250,000 associated professional around the country, and an organization with a capital of $543,305 million pesos, that generates about 13,000 direct jobs, and 25,000 indirect labor oportunities. But Coomeva has also been involved in the general health system in Colombia. In 1974 we created the first prepaid medical service in the country, and 10 years later, with that experience, we supported the Government to develop its health policies, participating in health system by creating Coomeva EPS. Today it has more than three million users, and annually it performs 25 million medical activities. Now, a half a century later, our most immediate priorities are to continue with the sustainable development of our organization. Its businesses are directed towards achieving a greater impact on the quality of its services, generating concrete benefits and more opportunities for its partners and users. Similarly, our activities are aimed at a healthy and significant growth in key sectors of our enterprise, ensuring a stronger future through productivity and efficiency, based on the commitment and talent of our employees. Therefore, our three main goals are to create value, improve our services and to develop Coomeva further in a user oriented manner, accompanied by policies aimed at creating a better environment for our younger associates, as well as gender equity. First, to promote the programs we intend to prepare the new generations, encouraging their participation in management, and decision making within our organization, in order to ensure its sustainability, and of cooperativism in general within the whole country. And secondly, equility, the idea of promoting universal development of all the people that make up Coomeva. We can proudly say that we have endured because of our commitment to the welfare of people, and the development of our country. Alfredo Arana Velasco Executive Chairman Cooperative Business Group Coomeva


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