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Hospital Universitario San Ignacio

Hospital Universitario San Ignacio has become an institution of health thanks to their dedicated group of specialists

that offered quality services

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Focused administrationHospital Universitario San Ignacio is a healthcare leader in Colombia, with a specialized force

of 300 doctors who are highly experienced due to the complex number of cases they have handled throughout the years. Doctor Julio Castellanos, a talented doctor and the general director for San Ignacio, manages the medical force. Castellanos joined the hospital in 2006, with the conviction to promote a higher level of medical service for the company. He focused on the most difficult aspect of medical care— their highly complex patients. With these types of cases, he requires interventions by other interdisciplinary specialists. He describes his experience as, “my first job was to improve all services, and focus on the Hospital’s legacy: the complex patient”, says Castellanos. He then began to develop a directional plan, which eventually led to the growth of the institution.

Medical competitivenessWith a vision to implement more medical equipment and technology, Hospital Universitario San Ignacio conducted extensive research and verification to determine the perfect material for the population. The process was described as, “social competitiveness of developing countries implies that everything new, and is more expensive” mentioned Castellanos. The Hospital makes assessments on each technological implement and equipment acquired, specifying the cost of impact and benefits, which Castellanos remembers as, “each technological development has to be innovative, you have to take into consideration the social environment, the economy and our current security system”. Our people, the human talentBy having interdisciplinary talent, the hospital took an international presence and started seeing foreign patients. “People are the most important piece in a company’s merit, and our

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Dr. Julio Castellanos, General Manager

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work is to strengthen the human talent” Castellanos indicates. The joint work of the Javeriana University and the experience provided by the hospital, favored new professionals through postgraduate training programs. “We encourage specialists to continue their education through doctorates, participation in medical education conferences and training in Brazil and Europe” said Castellanos.

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“We encourage specialists to continue their education”

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Green functionsA sense of environmental awareness is an optimal criteria in all operations, including the acquisition of new technologies.The medical team must maintain a measure of their impact on the environment, both in performance and waste, “we have a sustainable relationship with the environment,” says Castellanos.

“Science and Technology with Social Projection”Hospital Universitario San Ignacio has maintained its scientific and technological advances within the country. The hospital has new and interesting projects; some, concerning technological innovation and research, are in coordination with the Department of Science,

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“People are the most important piece in a company’s merit”

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Technology and Innovation of Colombia. In recent months, Hospital Universitario San Ignacio started working on a genetic study of Colombians located within areas that had been exposed to coal mining. New hospital in BogotaWithin the Javeriana University campus, resides the 70-year old and internationally renowned institution of Hospital Universitario San Ignacio. San Ignacio’s headquarters are five decades old, and although it is constantly undergoing renovation, its contribution to society requires

a new structure as part of their development, “we had the regularization plan approval by the District Planning Committee” said Castellanos, after telling us that the new building will be ready in approximately five years. Clinical safety and environmental standards are exemplified in the new building design, calling it “a new design that is very functional, modern and meets international requirements”, he adds. The hospital has two major projects set to reach completion in the near future: the completion of the construction project to move the hospital to its

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Industry: Healthcare

Founded: 1942

Headquarters: Carrera 7 No. 40-62 Bogota, Colombia

Key Persons: Dr. Julio Castellanos, General Director

Products: Hospital

revenue: 99 million dollars

emPloyees: 2,261

WebsIte: www.husi.org.co/web/portal/inicio

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new headquarters, and to increase peripheral centers is the construction/acquisition/ administration of a second level hospital for medical marketing. “Our future is to have a hospital network that allows us to improve the service we give to the population”, argued Castellanos, director of the medical institution. In the next few years the research unit will undergo a major change, underneath the leadership of a new director for the registration of patents, developments and inventions.

“Our future is to have a hospital network”

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