IOS Press Ebooks - The Brazilian National Health Informatics Strategy
Search
 
loader loading subjects...
cover
The Brazilian National Health Informatics Strategy
Beatriz de F. Leão, Malde Maria VB. Bernardes, Jacques Levin, Lincoln Moura, Ernani Bandarra, Lucia Maria Modesto, Arnaldo Machado Sousa, Rosani E. Cunha, Manoel Renato Machado Filho
38 - 42
10.3233/978-1-60750-928-8-38
Studies in Health Technology and Informatics
Volume 84: MEDINFO 2001
Abstract

This paper describes the Brazilian National Strategy for the development of the national Health Informatics Infrastructure. An overall description of the use of IT in the Brazilian Health scenario is presented with emphasis on the federal initiatives by DATASUS, the informatics division of the Ministry of Health. The national health card project is discussed and the strategies to establish interoperability among systems are presented. The adopted standards and methodologies used are also discussed.

Download
Creative Commons License