He Workplace node in an integrated health services network El Nodo lugar de trabajo en una red integrada de servicios de salud

Abstract

The article is the product of the research and reflection work of the project “Applicability of Integrated Health Services Networks”, of the Jorge Tadeo Lozano University of Bogotá, in which the Department of Cundinamarca has been worked on as a case study, with a approach directed towards the Provinces of Sabana de Oeste, Gualivá, Magdalena Centro and Bajo Magdalena, in order to analyze the necessary elements required for the articulation of the node, workplace, in an integrated network of health services. For the construction of this article, a theoretical review was carried out on the concept of network, node, determinants of health and workplaces, in order to understand the health problems and the viability of integrating work centers into the network. Likewise, a general characterization of the provinces of the department was carried out. Finally, it is concluded that the main actors of the network, such as the Health Service Provider Institutions, must provide efficient, equitable, comprehensive and continuous services, together with the Occupational Risk Managers, and that the most important thing is to include the companies as one of the actors in the network, since these will be the main managers of the primary health care of the worker and their families.