Adoção de um sistema integrado de gestão na área da saúde municipal: considerações iniciais sobre os benefícios do prontuário eletrônico

Abstract

With the phenomenon of computerization reaching almost every field, helping in agility, economics, organization, integration, information, among other benefits, this phenomenon neglected neither the health, nor the city health system. Therefore, this paper aims to present a study on the benefits of adopting an electronic patient record opposing the records on paper and its integration with the sectors of the city health system. This paper theme is the adoption of an integrated management system in the area of the city health: initial considerations about the benefits of electronic medical records, where it was shown how the adoption of an integrated management system could improve public health services in the city replacing the patient's medical record on paper by electronic medical records. All this with the use of information brought by the electronic patient record- EPR, by the multidisciplinary team, in other words, doctors, nurses, laboratory, pharmacy, and other sectors, which will certainly contribute to the patients’ quality of life, through the provision of efficient health services, facilitating the diagnosis and the treatment by the public health professional. This research presents an exploratory descriptive approach, where by means of literature research, explains the topic clearly and objectively, supported by research through observation and interviews with professionals in the field of public health. It discusses concepts, benefits and drawbacks of both the current and the electronic systems. It brings, as a result of the study, some initial considerations of this system related to the city.