Uso de tecnologías de la información en la gestión de un centro de medicina integrativa especializado en adicciones
Revista Peruana de Medicina Integrativa March 25, 2019 Gary Saucedo Rojas, Fabio Friso, Jaime Torres Romero et al. 8 citations
Between 2013 and 2018, the Takiwasi Center in Peru used the PPLUS information system to track patient profiles, treatments, and outcomes. Of 188 patients who left the therapeutic community, 45.2% (85) completed treatment and were discharged medically. Among the 54.8% who did not finish, 33.5% withdrew voluntarily, mostly during the first month. The center recorded 19,620 traditional Amazonian medicine practices: ayahuasca sessions made up 36.1% and purging sessions 39.1%. Research profiles showed 46.5% were psychology practitioners and 29.8% external researchers. PPLUS adoption was gradual and uneven, with peak records in 2016, but it shows potential as a research tool.