Figueroa-Lara Alejandro, López-Fernández Fátima Itzel, López-Domínguez Adriana, Fajardo-Dolci German
División de Gestión Tecnológica e Innovación, Centro Médico Nacional Siglo XXI, IMSS, Ciudad de México, México.
Unidad de Educación, Investigación y Políticas de Salud, Centro Médico Nacional Siglo XXI, IMSS, Ciudad de México, México.
Gac Med Mex. 2016 Sep-Oct;152(5):659-666.
To quantify the production capacity and performance in research and technological developments of the Mexican Social Security Institute (IMSS).
We identified and analyzed information of the legislation, human and financial resources, and infrastructure addressed for research and technological development of IMSS. We analyzed whether the information on the legal framework contained key features to boost research and technological development. Information on the human, financial, and infrastructure resources were obtained from official sources. The research productivity was identified by a bibliometric analysis in 2014; productivity in technological developments was identified by intellectual products.
The legal framework of the IMSS has several areas for improvement to boost research and technological development, especially the guidelines for technology transfer. The IMSS has 438 researchers, 39 research units, and a budget of US$ 37.4 million for research and technological development. The rate of articles published per 10 researchers was 4.8; while rate patients was 1.8.
The IMSS has a great potential to translate research into technological developments, it is only necessary to make some changes to the legal framework.
量化墨西哥社会保障局（IMSS）的研究与技术开发的生产能力及绩效。
我们识别并分析了IMSS研究与技术开发方面的立法、人力和财力资源以及基础设施的信息。我们分析了法律框架中的信息是否包含促进研究与技术开发的关键特征。人力、财力和基础设施资源的信息来自官方来源。2014年通过文献计量分析确定研究生产力；通过知识产权产品确定技术开发的生产力。
IMSS的法律框架有几个方面需要改进以促进研究与技术开发，特别是技术转让指南。IMSS有438名研究人员、39个研究单位，研究与技术开发预算为3740万美元。每10名研究人员发表文章的比率为4.8；而每10名患者的比率为1.8。
IMSS在将研究转化为技术开发方面有很大潜力，只需对法律框架进行一些修改。
