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0067/2023 - The use of Information and Communication Technologies in Health in Primary Health Care in Brazil,2014 to 2018
O uso de Tecnologias de Informação e Comunicação em Saúde na Atenção Primária à Saúde no Brasil, de 2014 a 2018

Author:

• Janaína Duarte Bender - Bender, J. D. - <jdb.jana@gmail.com>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6903-0406

Co-author(s):

• Luiz Augusto Facchini - Facchini, L.A. - <luizfacchini@gmail.com>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5746-5170
• Luís Miguel Velez Lapão - Lapão, L.M.V - <luis.lapao@ihtml.unl.pt.>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0506-1294
• Elaine Tomasi - Tomasi, E. - <tomasiet@gmail.com>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7328-6044
• Elaine Thumé - Thumé, E. - <elainethume@gmail.com>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1169-8884


Abstract:

Information and Communication Technologies in Health allow the storange and processing of digital data, access to information and remote communications. The objective of this article was to describe the use of these Technologies to support clinical practice and continuing education by primary health care teams in Brazil2014 to 2018, within the scope of the Access and Quality Improvement Program Basic, according to characteristics of the geopolitical contexto. It’s a cross-sectional study that analyzed the data collectedthe teams of the Basic Health Units. A growing use by the teams of Telehealth resources, the Telemedicine University Network and the Open University of the Unified Health System was observed toa id clinical practice and permanente health education. In the North and Northeast regions, the use of these Technologies doubled,cycle II to cycle III. The need for investments in infrastructure, human resources in Primary Health Care, qualification and professional trining is a way to strengthen the Unified Health System and its Health Care Network, contributing to a continuous flow of care, with quality and access universal.

Keywords:

Primary Health Care. Information and Communication Technology. Telehealth. Permanent Education.

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Bender, J. D., Facchini, L.A., Lapão, L.M.V, Tomasi, E., Thumé, E.. The use of Information and Communication Technologies in Health in Primary Health Care in Brazil,2014 to 2018. Cien Saude Colet [periódico na internet] (2023/Mar). [Citado em 27/09/2024]. Está disponível em: http://cienciaesaudecoletiva.com.br/en/articles/the-use-of-information-and-communication-technologies-in-health-in-primary-health-care-in-brazil2014-to-2018/18693?id=18693



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