SUS Computer Department - DATASUS: health data management in Brazil and its contribution to digital inclusion

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https://doi.org/10.5195/biblios.2020.852

Keywords:

Data management, Data governance, Departamento de Informática do Sistema Único de Saúde - DATASUS, Information system

Abstract

Objective. It introduces the Department of Informatics of the Unified Health System (DATASUS), a Brazilian public agency subordinated to the National Health Foundation (Funasa). The agency receives and stores data produced by the ministry and by state health departments throughout the country. In addition, it advises municipal health secretariats on the establishment of information systems and the incorporation of technologies that enable more efficiency in the management of data and information of a strategic nature.

Method. The research is exploratory-descriptive, using bibliographic and documentary procedures for data collection. A quantitative and qualitative approach was used for data analysis and demonstration of results. As a technique for data analysis we adopted the content analysis according to Bardin (2011). The documents analyzed were retrieved from the official DATASUS website, while the bibliography examined was obtained from research in Portuguese, Spanish and English in LISA and BRAPCI.

Results. Concludes that DATASUS is an important body that offers important contributions to the creation of a technological and informational infrastructure of data and health information in Brazil. It was also found that the agency has provided relevant services to remedy the inequality and digital inclusion that still exist in the country. It is suggested that Brazilian librarians engage in activities to promote health information competency and therefore recommends support for existing good practices, models and infrastructure in the information system.

Author Biographies

Dayanne da Silva Prudencio, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciência da Informação da Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (PPGCI-UFRJ) e Universidade Federal do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (UNIRIO)

Professora do Departamento de Biblioteconomia da Universidade Federal do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (UNIRIO). Doutoranda em Ciência da Informação pelo convênio IBICT/UFRJ

Carlos Alberto Ferreira, Universidade Federal do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (UNIRIO).

Doutor em Ciência da Informação pela Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro em convênio com o Instituto Brasileiro de Informação em Ciência e Tecnologia, Professor Adjunto do Curso de Biblioteconomia da Universidade Federal do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (UNIRIO).

References

BARDIN, Laurence. Análise de conteúdo. São Paulo: Edições 70, 2011. 279 p.

BRASIL. Ministério da saúde. Metodologia de gerência de projetos do DATASUS. Brasília: Ministério da Saúde, 2001. Disponível em: http://bvsms.saude.gov.br/bvs/publicacoes/metodologia_datasus.pdf. Acesso em: 20 mar. 2019.

DUDZIAK, Elisabeth Adriana. A information literacy e o papel educacional das bibliotecas. 2001. Dissertação (Mestrado) – Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciências da Comunicação, Escola de Comunicações eArtes, Universidade de São Paulo (USP), São Paulo, 2001. Disponível em:< http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/27/27143/tde-30112004-151029/pt-br.php>. Acesso em: 20 jan. 2019.

LIMA, Claudia Risso de Araujo et al. Departamento de Informática do SUS – DATASUS A Experiência de Disseminação de Informações em Saúde. In. Ministério da Saúde. A experiência brasileira em sistemas de informação em saúde. Brasília: Editora do Ministério da Saúde, 2009.

MORAES, Ilara Hämmerli Sozzi de, & Gómez, Maria Nélida González de. (2007). Informação e informática em saúde: caleidoscópio contemporâneo da saúde. Ciência & Saúde Coletiva, v.12, n.3, p. 553-565. Disponível em: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-81232007000300002. Acesso em: 20 ago. 2018.

MORAES, Ilara Hämmerli Sozzi de; Santos, Silvia R. Fontoura Rangel dos. Informação em Saúde: Os Desafios Continuam. Ciência & Saúde Coletiva, v.3, n.1, p. 37-51, 1998. https://dx.doi.org/10.1590/1413-812319983102772014. Acesso em: 20 set. 2018.

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2021-08-17

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Prudencio, D. da S., & Ferreira, C. A. (2021). SUS Computer Department - DATASUS: health data management in Brazil and its contribution to digital inclusion. Biblios Journal of Librarianship and Information Science, (78), 35–43. https://doi.org/10.5195/biblios.2020.852

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