A utilização de sistemas de informação em unidades básicas de saúde: uma revisão da literatura

Abstract

This research aimed to identify what has been published about information system in the health area. It is a qualitative study, of the descriptive type, structured through a narrative review of the literature. The results were obtained by online search conducted in the month of March, 2018, in the Virtual Health Library (BVS-Bireme) using the databases: Medical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System Online (MedLine), Latin American and the Caribbean Literature in Health Sciences (Lilacs) and portal of the Scientific Electronic Library Online (Scielo). The criteria for the selection of productions were: original research articles, case studies and systematic reviews, published until the year 2018, that they addressed in the title or abstract: information systems and electronic medical record. After this refinement, 9 references remained. The results demonstrate the importance of health information systems in support of work management. The data collected from the systems are able to accelerate the effectiveness of the process of identifying both individual and collective problems, becoming a tool to support activities and assisting in decision making.