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Sheinbaum Begins Supervision Tour of IMSS-Bienestar Hospitals in 24 States

Sheinbaum begins a supervision tour across 24 IMSS-Bienestar states: reviewing the electronic clinical record and 12,750 primary care clinics.

Redacción The Ventures
10 oct 2026 · 2 min

President Claudia Sheinbaum began on Friday, October 9, in Metztitlán, Hidalgo, a supervision tour of the IMSS-Bienestar hospitals in the 24 states adhering to the model, which will extend until December, according to El Universal. The tour covers the review of the electronic clinical record and the progress of the clinics in the new primary care network.

IMSS-Bienestar operates in 24 federal entities, the most recent being Yucatán, incorporated in May 2026, according to the list from Once Noticias. The agenda includes meetings with the directors of all hospitals, the regional coordinators and the director general of the agency, Alejandro Svarch, as well as tours of health centers where infrastructure, medication supply and personnel are reviewed. Expansión Política reports that supervision of the electronic clinical record is already underway and that some hospitals have had difficulties adapting to the platforms. For a clinic or a clinical software provider, the adoption calendar for that record is the operational data point of the quarter.

The highest-volume component is the primary care network of the Universal Health Service: MVS Noticias reports 12,750 projected clinics, with gradual opening from January 2027. Between October and December of this year, equipment procurement and rehabilitation of spaces are concentrated, while prioritization assemblies in the 24 states take place from October 2 to 25. Each unit includes internet, electronic clinical record and a catalog of 60 basic medicines at no cost. Sheinbaum put it this way: "I am going to visit hospitals, I am going to visit health centers to listen to them, to see what the problem is, what is missing." The professional registration platform, serviciouniversalesalud.gov.mx, totals 73,000 applications, according to the same coverage.

The calendar leaves a narrow window: equipment procurement and space adaptation are defined before December, and operation of the clinics starts in January. For an SME supplier or a clinical management healthtech, the tour and the deployment of the electronic record set the pace for what will be contracted.

This article was written with the assistance of artificial intelligence based on verified sources and reviewed by a human editor before publication.

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