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Hospital Punta Pacifica is the first in Latin America and the Caribbean to be affiliated with Johns Hopkins Medicine International.  Doctors and surgeons are leaders in their respective specialties, the facilities are world class and  it provides medical solutions at affordable prices, only comparable  to what a patient would receive in the United States or Europe.
The institution is determined to exceed the medical expectations, while providing the best available care in the world.

The nurse and medical staff is updated, since there is a continual education program where, monthly, they share relevant issues through real time video conferences and updated symposia in various medicine branches.

The hospital has been selected to develop investigative studies of diseases, based on its high level technology and its staff skill in the management of nontraditional medical cases.

In order to offer the best service to national and international patients, Hospital Punta Pacifica has negotiated special packages  with the most prestigious insurance companies worldwide, such as World Access, Alianz Worldwide Care, International Health Insurance (Danmark), MEDEX Assistance, Specialty Risk, International Medical Group, HTH Worldwide, Aetna Global Benefits, International SOS, Blue Cross & Blue Shield International, and Travel Guard International.

This modern medical complex emerged from the ideals and hopes of a group of prominent Panamanian physicians, whom associated to renowned businessmen, sought to provide Panama, Latin America, and the world, of a hospital that offers the highest standards of quality care, safety, and technology, with a system supported by one of the most prestigious hospitals in the world, John Hopkins Medicine International.  Likewise, it selected Hospital Punta Pacifica to promote its philosophy and to share its advances with doctors and patients across the region.

During the preparation stage, the team of professionals and technicians of John Hopkins have accompanied during each step, from the architectural drawings to the design and development of protocols and medical procedures passing through the design of a robust security and Quality Assurance plans, and the selection of the latest technology and equipments.

The tools and controls to ensure the patient safety, are present in all those indicators that sometimes are invisible,  and are really enforced in very few hospitals such as, constants air changes, laminar flow cameras, positive and negative pressure depending on the flow therapy requirements, that ensure the correct application of intravenous medication, among others; which  helps to greatly reduce the risks of nosocomial infections, thus preserving the patient safety.