Computational solution to systematize management indicators in Primary
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https://doi.org/10.3395/reciis.v7i2.483Keywords:
Health Management, Public Health Informatics, Assessment of Primary Health Care, Health indicatorsAbstract
The purpose of this study is to present the Software to Support the Management of Family Health Centers (Software de Apoio à Gestão de Núcleos de Saúde da Família – SAG-NFS), which is a monitoring and evaluation tool that organizes data from the primary health care information system (Sistema de Informação da Atenção Básica - SIAB). In October 2011, Ribeirão Preto in São Paulo (SP) joined the National Program for Improving Access and Quality of Primary Health Care (Programa Nacional de Melhoria do Acesso e Qualidade da Atenção Básica - PMAQ-AB) with 19 (63.3%) family health care teams (Equipes de Saúde da Família - ESF). This study was conducted using four ESF connected with the Ribeirão Preto Medical School at the University of São Paulo. A tool was created to continuously and systematically generate reports and indicators for the PMAQ-AB. The tool includes time-lapse segregation filters, which show trends for health care indicators in a population attended by the ESF. The reports generated by this tool provide a foundation for PMAQ-AB discussions with ESF and teaching coordinators. Such discussions helped the teams understand the indicators and goals defined by city management in assessing the quality of and access to primary health care. We conclude that this computational tool can assist ESF in the health assessment process.Downloads
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