Years-long decline before final shutdown · Fatal mistake: Peru mental health tech: MINSA telemedicine regulations required SUSALUD habilitación for mental health teleservices. EsSalud (public, 30% of population) launched its own telepsychology program (TELE-EsSalud). SIS (poor population insurance) had MINSA mental health program. Private EPS: Pacífico Seguros, Mapfre had exclusive mental health provider agreements. Six presidential changes created MINSA leadership instability. Habilitación completed 3 times, reset 2 times.
Evaluating only MentalHealthPE’s profile at its peak — without knowing the outcome — the model ranked Competition as the #1 likely cause. Documented cause: Regulation.
“Peru mental health tech must operate as a SUSALUD-registered private clinic rather than telehealth platform — private clinic registration is stable across presidential changes while telehealth habilitación resets with each MINSA leadership change.”
Failure anatomy
Collapse type
Slow Death
🐌 LOW
Hype cycle
None
Moat type
Technology
Fatal mistake
Peru mental health tech: MINSA telemedicine regulations required SUSALUD habilitación for mental health teleservices. EsSalud (public, 30% of population) launched its own telepsychology program (TELE-EsSalud). SIS (poor population insurance) had MINSA mental health program. Private EPS: Pacífico Seguros, Mapfre had exclusive mental health provider agreements. Six presidential changes created MINSA leadership instability. Habilitación completed 3 times, reset 2 times.