RESUMO

Introducción. La malaria, o paludismo, es una enfermedad de gran impacto en la población colombiana, que debe ser abordada desde el punto de vista del trabajo en equipo de instituciones para el intercambio de conocimiento. Objetivo. Analizar las interacciones de la Red de Gestión del Conocimiento, Investigación e Innovación en Malaria de Colombia. Materiales y métodos. Se hizo un análisis de redes sociales que permitió identificar la proximidad entre los actores y el grado de conocimiento entre ellos; se observaron indicadores de densidad, diámetro, distancia media y centralidad de grado. El corpus documental para el estudio estuvo constituido por 193 documentos técnicos publicados entre el 2016 y el 2021, que fueron analizados empleando técnicas de procesamiento de texto mediante el lenguaje de programación R. La categorización de la red se realizó a partir de cinco variables: atención integral a pacientes, diagnóstico, epidemiología y sistemas de análisis de información en salud, política pública, y promoción y prevención. Resultados. El análisis de las interacciones indicó que la red la conformaban 99 actores, de los cuales 97 (98 %), mostraron más interés en la producción de conocimientos en epidemiología y sistemas de análisis de información en salud, seguido de la categoría de atención integral a pacientes con 79 (80 %). El 54 % de los actores llevó a cabo estudios de promoción y prevención, siendo esta la categoría de menor abordaje. Conclusiones. Este estudio contribuye al fortalecimiento de estrategias clave en la divulgación del conocimiento sobre la malaria en Colombia.

Introduction: Malaria is a disease with a high impact on Colombian population, which must be approached from the point of view of teamwork of institutions for knowledge exchange. Objective: To analyze the interactions of the Red de Gestión del Conocimiento, Investigación e Innovación en Malaria de Colombia. Materials and methods: An analysis of social networks was applied that allowed identifying the proximity between actors and the degree of knowledge between them. Indicators of density, diameter, average distance, and degree of centrality were observed. The documentary corpus for the study consisted of 193 technical documents published between 2016 and 2021, which were analyzed using text mining using the R programming language. The network was categorized based on five variables: comprehensive patient care, diagnosis, epidemiology and health information analysis systems, public policy and promotion and prevention. Results: The analysis of interactions indicated that the network was made up by 99 actors. The main interest in knowledge production was on epidemiology and health information analysis systems (98 % of the actors), followed by the integral patient care (80 % of the actors). On the contrary, the least approached category was malaria promotion and prevention practices (54 % of the actors). Conclusions: In general, this study contributes to the strengthening of key strategies in the dissemination of knowledge about malaria in Colombia.

Assuntos

RESUMO

As mídias sociais são importantes canais de difusão de informações em saúde. O objetivo deste artigo é apresentar um modelo de estudo métrico de informações para minerar temáticas relacionadas à covid-19 no Facebook, intitulado AC-Redes semânticas de hashtags. O modelo é composto pelos métodos de análise de redes semânticas e de análise de coocorrência. As métricas aplicadas no período de maio de 2020 a janeiro de 2021 foram: as frequências de hashtags, as centralidades de grau e de intermediação e o índice incidência-fidelidade; e o estudo de ilhas. As temáticas identificadas foram: 'Educação na pandemia'; 'Trabalho e pandemia'; 'Ciência, saúde e pandemia'; 'Isolamento social na pandemia'; e 'Política e pandemia'. Por meio desse modelo, foi possível identificar as temáticas mais relevantes sobre a covid-19 para os usuários do Facebook.

Social media are important channels for the dissemination of information on public health. The goal of this paper is to present a model of quantitative analysis of information from the hashtags with respect to covid-19 on Facebook, called CA-Hashtag semantic networks. This model consists of the methods of semantic network analysis and co-occurrence analysis.The metrics used from May 2020 to January 2021 were: hashtag's frequency, degree and betweenness centralities and incidence-fidelity index; and study of islands. The themes identified have been: 'Education in the pandemic'; 'Work and pandemic'; 'Science, health and pandemic'; 'Social isolation in the pandemic'; and 'Politics and pandemic'. Applying the proposed model, it has been possible to identify the most relevant themes about covid-19 for Facebook users.

Las redes sociales son canales importantes para la difusión de información sobre salud pública. El objetivo del artículo es presentar un modelo de análisis cuantitativo de información a partir de los contenidos de hashtags relacionadas con covid-19 en Facebook, llamado de AC-Redes semánticas de hashtags. Este modelo es compuesto por los métodos de análisis de redes semánticas y análisis de co-ocurrencia. Las métricas utilizadas desde mayo de 2020 hasta enero de 2021 han sido: la frecuencia de hashtags, las centralidades de grado e intermediación y el índice incidencia-fidelidad; e el estudio de islas. Los temas identificados han sido: 'Educación en la pandemia'; 'Trabajo y pandemia'; 'Ciencia, salud y pandemia'; 'Aislamiento social en la pandemia'; y 'Política y pandemia'. Con basis en el modelo propuesto, ha sido posible identificar los temas más relevantes sobre covid-19 para los usuarios de Facebook.

Assuntos

RESUMO

RESUMO Objetivo compreender como se processa a cotutela entre atenção primária à saúde e ambulatório de referência da Rede Mãe Paranaense, no seguimento de crianças de alto risco. Métodos estudo qualitativo, desenvolvido por meio da compreensão do processo de cotutela entre atenção primária à saúde e ambulatório referência da Rede Cegonha, no seguimento de crianças de alto risco. Participaram do estudo, 28 coordenadores da atenção primária e dois representantes dos ambulatórios de alto risco. A coleta de dados ocorreu por meio de entrevistas, que foram transcritas e submetidas à análise categorial temática conforme os pressupostos de Bardin. Resultados da análise dos dados emergiu a categoria Comunicação entre atenção primária à saúde e ambulatórios: desdobramentos na (des)continuidade do cuidado prestado às crianças de alto risco. Evidenciou-se que o processo de cotutela apresenta fragilidades que comprometem a integralidade da assistência prestada. Conclusão a comunicação fragmentada e a falta de alinhamento e de posicionamento de cotutela entre os serviços no contexto da atenção às crianças e seus familiares geram fragilidades no atendimento. Contribuições para a prática o estudo permitiu identificar fragilidades que podem ser cruciais para intervenções futuras no âmbito da rede de atenção infantil de alto risco.

ABSTRACT Objective to understand how the co-tutorship between primary health care and the referral outpatient clinic from the Mother Network from Paraná (Rede Mãe Paranaense) in the follow up of high-risk children. Methods qualitative study carried out by understanding the process of co-tutorship between primary health care and the referral outpatient clinic of the Stork Network (Rede Cegonha) in the follow up of high-risk children. The study included 28 coordinators of primary health care and two representatives of the high-risk clinic. Data collection was carried out through interviews that were transcribed and underwent thematic category analysis according with Bardin's principles. Results data analysis led to the creation of the category Communication between primary health care and outpatient clinics: outcomes of the (dis)continuity of care to high-risk children. It became clear that the process of co-tutorship has weaknesses that prevent the provision of integral care. Conclusion fragmented communication and lack of alignment between the services, in addition to not acting like co-tutors as they provide care to children and their families lead to shortcomings in the attention provided. Contributions to practice the study allowed for the identification of weaknesses that can be crucial for future interventions in the high risk childcare network.

RESUMO

Objetivo: identificar os fatores que interferem na comunicação entre as equipes de enfermagem durante o handover de troca de turno em clínicas cirúrgicas, e sua interface com a segurança do paciente. Método: estudo quantitativo, observacional, com análise descritiva, realizado de abril a julho de 2019, por meio de um roteiro de observação e um formulário, em nove clínicas cirúrgicas de um hospital universitário. Resultados: observou-se 54 handovers e participaram 123 profissionais de enfermagem. Dentre os fatores analisados, destaca-se, a ausência de instrumento padronizado de handover (85,19%) e presença de ruídos sonoros (77,78%). A maioria dos participantes (86,93%) apontaram a omissão de informações, na transferência de cuidados, como o fator mais prejudicial para assistência. Conclusão: os fatores que interferiram na comunicação durante o handover foram: ruídos sonoros, omissão de informações, ausência de instrumento padronizado e atrasos dos profissionais. Acredita-se que a identificação desses fatores contribua para o desenvolvimento de melhores estratégias.

Objective: to identify factors affecting communication between nursing teams during shift handover on surgical wards, and how it interfaces with patient safety. Method: this quantitative, observational study, with descriptive analysis, was conducted on nine surgical wards of a university hospital from April to July 2019, using an observation script and record form. Results: 54 nursing shift handovers were observed, and 123 nursing personnel participated. Of particular note among the factors analyzed were absence of a standardized handover instrument (85.19%) and the presence of noise (77.78%). Most of the participants (86.93%) pointed to missing information at handover as the factor most prejudicial to care. Conclusion: the factors that interfered with communication during handover were: noise, omission of information, absence of a standardized instrument, and staff lateness. It is believed that identifying these factors will help develop better strategies.

Objetivo: identificar los factores que afectan la comunicación entre los equipos de enfermería durante la transferencia de turno en las salas quirúrgicas y cómo interactúa con la seguridad del paciente. Método: este estudio cuantitativo, observacional, con análisis descriptivo, se realizó en nueve salas quirúrgicas de un hospital universitario de abril a julio de 2019, utilizando un guión de observación y formulario de registro. Resultados: se observaron 54 traspasos de turno de enfermería y participaron 123 personal de enfermería. Entre los factores analizados destacan la ausencia de un instrumento de traspaso estandarizado (85,19%) y la presencia de ruido (77,78%). La mayoría de los participantes (86,93%) señaló la falta de información en la entrega como el factor más perjudicial para la atención. Conclusión: los factores que interfirieron en la comunicación durante el traspaso fueron: ruido, omisión de información, ausencia de instrumento estandarizado y tardanza del personal. Se cree que identificar estos factores ayudará a desarrollar mejores estrategias.

Assuntos

RESUMO

Digital Health is one of the three pillars for the effective implementation of Universal Health Coverage in Argentina. The Ministry of Health published the National Digital Health Strategy 2018-2024 in order to establish the conceptual guidelines for the design and development of interoperable health information systems as a state policy. The World Health Organization "National eHealth Strategy Toolkit", "Global Strategy on Digital Health" and other international and local evidence and expert recommendations were taken into account. The path to better healthcare involves adopting systems at the point of care, allowing for the primary recording of information and enabling information exchange through real interoperability. In that way, people, technology and processes will synergize to enhance integrated health service networks. In this paper, we describe the plan and the first two years of implementation of the strategy.

Assuntos

RESUMO

The Ministry of Health (MoH) stated the National Digital Health Strategy 2018-2024 in order to establish the conceptual guidelines for the design and development of interoperable health information systems. It included the creation of a National Digital Health Network, and a Citizen Health Portal to inform and empower patients about their rights. For instance, the Digital Vaccination Card is already available and has equal legal validity as its paper version. The platform also works as a personal privacy manager, to configure the consent for Health Information Exchange through the network, or to check the access logs. This paper outlines the implementation experience of this powerful tool at a national level.

Assuntos

RESUMO

This paper presents the extract-transform-and-load (ETL) process from the Electronic Patient Records (ePR) at the Heart Institute (InCor) to the OMOP Common Data Model (CDM) format. We describe the initial database characterization, relational source mappings, selection filters, data transformations and patient de-identification using the open-source OHDSI tools and SQL scripts. We evaluate the resulting InCor-CDM database by recreating the same patient cohort from a previous reference study (over the original data source) and comparing the cohorts' descriptive statistics and inclusion reports. The results exhibit that up to 91% of the reference patients were retrieved by our method from the ePR through InCor-CDM, with AUC=0.938. The results indicate that the method that we employed was able to produce a new database that was both consistent with the original data and in accordance to the OMOP CDM standard.

Assuntos

RESUMO

Health information exchange (HIE) is implemented in Quebec, Canada to improve the exchange and use of clinical information for decision making in the province's health care system. The objective of this mixed-method approach study was to evaluate the usage, usability, and usefulness of an electronic health record (EHR) to access and import clinical information from a centralized HIE. First, a heuristic analysis was performed of three different commercial EHRs, using end users to analyze the integration feature through think aloud protocols. Second, interviews were conducted with advanced users to describe the usefulness. Third, usage data were analyzed to describe the level of use of each data domain, per EHR and user. The results show that usefulness is high for medication data; leading to greater use of this domain, its relation to integration, and meets the needs of general practitioners. Difficulties in the implementation processes reduced the potential of this system.

Assuntos

RESUMO

ABSTRACT As part of the integrated curriculum, the Elective Educational Unity (EEU) is a tool to support knowledge construction and student autonomy during undergraduate training. The international exchange for undergraduates therefore aims to explore potentialities and challenges within a pedagogical perspective through the experience and understanding ofdiverse educational institutions and health services, through prolonged contact with other professionals and students. One constructive strategy of an elective internship is in conjunction with student associations. This report intends to contribute to medical education by reflecting on how the international elective internship impacts on medical training, analysing its potentialities and challenges. The reportaddresses the steps in accomplishing the exchange, presenting the activities developed in the experience, highlightingthe observed objectives and results, along with reflections on the experience. It is ascertained that the international exchange stimulates the experience, recognition and understanding of other cultures; it helps students build autonomy and stimulates a critical reflexive view which promotes knowledge construction, raising the student's awareness of his own social responsibility as a health professional. Therefore, the Elective Educational Unit encourages the student to elect the exchange as a curricular activity, it supports him on choosing a study area and international or national institution of interest, with the option to liaise with other organizations, for example the student organization. Unquestionably, personal growth is one of the consequences through learning about diversecultures and making new friendships and partnerships between different countries. However, there are challenges, such as adaptation to another cultural context, affective detachment and the understanding that different places have distinct historical, social, economic contexts from one another. Thus, advances and changes are proposed to improve the Elective Educational Unit, stimulating greater student participation in international experiences during undergraduate training, as well as underlining the importance of the supervisor's role in the elective planning process.

RESUMO No currículo integrado, instituiu-se a Unidade Educacional Eletiva (UEE) como uma ferramenta de construção de conhecimento e incentivo da autonomia dos acadêmicos no processo de formação médica. Nesse sentido, o intercâmbio internacional na graduação busca explorar potencialidades e desafios dentro de uma perspectiva pedagógica, por meio da vivência e compreensão das múltiplas formas de organização de outras instituições de ensino e serviços de saúde, pelo convívio com outros profissionais e estudantes.Uma das estratégias de construção do estágio eletivo pode ser em conjunto com associações estudantis. Este relatopretende contribuir, assim, para a formação em Medicina a partir da reflexão sobre como essa internacionalização do estágio eletivo interfere na formação médica, analisando suas potencialidades e desafios. Aborda os passos para a realização do intercâmbio, apresenta as atividades desenvolvidas nessa vivência, destaca finalidades e resultados observados, comreflexões sobre a vivência. Verifica-se que o intercâmbio internacional estimula a vivência, o reconhecimento e a compreensão das culturas; contribui para o estudante construir sua autonomia e estimula a visão crítico-reflexiva, que impacta a construção de conhecimento, tornando-o ciente de sua responsabilidade social como profissional de saúde. Em vista disso, a UEE tem incentivado o estudante a eleger o intercâmbio como uma atividade curricular, apoiando-o na escolha da área de estudo e instituição nacional ou internacional de seu interesse, podendo articular-se com outras organizações, dentre essas a estudantil. Positivamente tem-se o crescimento pessoal pela compreensão de diferentes culturas, novas amizades e parceria entre diferentes países, mas também há desafios, como a adaptação em outro contexto cultural, o distanciamento afetivo e a compreensão de que diferentes locais têm contextos históricos, sociais e econômicos distintos uns dos outros. Com efeito, pontuam-se avanços e mudanças interessantes para o aprimoramento da UEE, estimulando os estudantes a participarem mais da internacionalização durante a graduação, bem como salientando o papel do orientador no processo do planejamento do eletivo.

RESUMO

BACKGROUND: The electronic exchange of health-related data can support different professionals and services to act in a more coordinated and transparent manner and make the management of health service networks more efficient. Although mental health care is one of the areas that can benefit from a secure health information exchange (HIE), as it usually involves long-term and multiprofessional care, there are few published studies on this topic, particularly in low- and middle-income countries. OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to design, implement, and evaluate an electronic health (eHealth) platform that allows the technical and informational support of a Brazilian regional network of mental health care. This solution was to enable HIE, improve data quality, and identify and monitor patients over time and in different services. METHODS: The proposed platform is based on client-server architecture to be deployed on the Web following a Web services communication model. The interoperability information model was based on international and Brazilian health standards. To test platform usage, we have utilized the case of the mental health care network of the XIII Regional Health Department of the São Paulo state, Brazil. Data were extracted from 5 different sources, involving 26 municipalities, and included national demographic data, data from primary health care, data from requests for psychiatric hospitalizations performed by community services, and data obtained from 2 psychiatric hospitals about hospitalizations. Data quality metrics such as accuracy and completeness were evaluated to test the proposed solution. RESULTS: The eHealth-Interop integration platform was designed, developed, and tested. It contains a built-in terminology server and a record linkage module to support patients' identification and deduplication. The proposed interoperability environment was able to integrate information in the mental health care network case with the support of 5 international and national terminologies. In total, 27,353 records containing demographic and clinical data were integrated into eHealth-Interop. Of these records, 34.91% (9548/27,353) were identified as patients who were present in more than 1 data source with different levels of accuracy and completeness. The data quality analysis was performed on 26 demographic attributes for each integrable patient record, totaling 248,248 comparisons. In general, it was possible to achieve an improvement of 18.40% (45,678/248,248) in completeness and 1.10% (2731/248,248) in syntactic accuracy over the test dataset after integration and deduplication. CONCLUSIONS: The proposed platform established an eHealth solution to fill the gap in the availability and quality of information within a network of health services to improve the continuity of care and the health services management. It has been successfully applied in the context of mental health care and is flexible to be tested in other areas of care.

RESUMO

Este artigo tem como base um estudo em que foram levantados e organizados termos do domínio da radiologia obstétrica e, então, foi identificado se os mesmos estão compreendidos em quatro distintos vocabulários controlados: OntoNeo, RadLex, LOINC e SNOMED. É apresentado o Sistema Integrado Catarinense de Telemedicina e Telessaúde (STT/SC) e o projeto de estruturação de laudos de exames de radiologia obstétrica, bem como o contexto teórico da ciência da informação sobre vocabulários controlados.Foram realizadas uma pesquisa de campo para o levantamento dos termos junto a um especialista da área e uma pesquisa documental para o levantamento estatístico dos termos em vocabulários controlados.Constituiu-se uma hierarquia dos termos levantados e verificou-se a cobertura de cada um dos vocabulários controlados em relação aos termos. O SNOMED é o vocabulário controlado com maior potencial de uso para a indexação de laudos no domínio da radiologia obstétrica.(AU)

This article bases on a study in which terms of the obstetric radiology domain were collected and arranged, and then we identified whether they are comprised in four distinct controlled vocabularies: OntoNeo, RadLex, LOINC and SNOMED. We present the STT/SC ­ Sistema Integrado Catarinense de Telemedicina e Telessaúde (Santa Catarina's integrated system of telemedicine and tele health) and theproject of structuring diagnostic reports of tests in obstetric radiology, as well as the theoretical contextof information science about controlled vocabulary. We carried out a survey of the terms jointly an expertand a documentary research to the statistical survey of the terms from controlled vocabularies. A hierarchy of the terms collected was established and the coverage of each of the controlled vocabularies in relation to the terms was verified. The SNOMED is the controlled vocabulary with greater potential of use for theindexation of diagnostic reports in the field of obstetric radiology.

Este artículo se basa en un estudio en el cual fueron levantados y arreglados términos del dominio de la radiología obstétrica, y entonces fue identificado si los mismos están comprendidos en cuatro distintos vocabularios controlados: el OntoNeo, el RadLex, el LOINC y el SNOMED. Presentamos el STT/SC ­ Sistema Integrado Catarinense de Telemedicina e Telessaúde (sistema integrado catarinense de telemedicina y telesalud) y el proyecto de estructuración de resultados de exámenes de radiología obstétrica, así como el contexto teórico de la ciencia de la información sobre vocabularios controlados. Una investigación de campo fue realizada para el levantamiento de los términos junto a un especialista y una investigación documental para el levantamiento estadístico de los términos en vocabularios controlados. Se ha constituido una jerarquía de los términos levantados y se ha verificado la cobertura de cada uno de los vocabularios controlados en relación a los términos. El SNOMED es el vocabulario controlado con mayor potencial deuso para la indexación de los resultados de exámenes en el dominio de la radiología obstétrica.

Assuntos

RESUMO

BACKGROUND: Electronic health (eHealth) interventions may improve the quality of care by providing timely, accessible information about one patient or an entire population. Electronic patient care information forms the nucleus of computerized health information systems. However, interoperability among systems depends on the adoption of information standards. Additionally, investing in technology systems requires cost-effectiveness studies to ensure the sustainability of processes for stakeholders. OBJECTIVE: The objective of this study was to assess cost-effectiveness of the use of electronically available inpatient data systems, health information exchange, or standards to support interoperability among systems. METHODS: An overview of systematic reviews was conducted, assessing the MEDLINE, Cochrane Library, LILACS, and IEEE Library databases to identify relevant studies published through February 2016. The search was supplemented by citations from the selected papers. The primary outcome sought the cost-effectiveness, and the secondary outcome was the impact on quality of care. Independent reviewers selected studies, and disagreement was resolved by consensus. The quality of the included studies was evaluated using a measurement tool to assess systematic reviews (AMSTAR). RESULTS: The primary search identified 286 papers, and two papers were manually included. A total of 211 were systematic reviews. From the 20 studies that were selected after screening the title and abstract, 14 were deemed ineligible, and six met the inclusion criteria. The interventions did not show a measurable effect on cost-effectiveness. Despite the limited number of studies, the heterogeneity of electronic systems reported, and the types of intervention in hospital routines, it was possible to identify some preliminary benefits in quality of care. Hospital information systems, along with information sharing, had the potential to improve clinical practice by reducing staff errors or incidents, improving automated harm detection, monitoring infections more effectively, and enhancing the continuity of care during physician handoffs. CONCLUSIONS: This review identified some benefits in the quality of care but did not provide evidence that the implementation of eHealth interventions had a measurable impact on cost-effectiveness in hospital settings. However, further evidence is needed to infer the impact of standards adoption or interoperability in cost benefits of health care; this in turn requires further research.

RESUMO

Este artigo constitui um relato de experiência, o qual aborda e problematiza o registro de informações nos prontuários coletivos em equipes de Saúde da Família pelos profissionais de Psicologia vinculados a um Programa de Residência Multiprofissional. O Conselho Federal de Psicologia destaca que o psicólogo, em serviço multiprofissional, deve fazer uso do prontuário único, registrando apenas as informações necessárias aos objetivos do trabalho. Essa questão é complexa uma vez que envolve aspectos éticos e de sigilo profissional. Entretanto, entende-se que tal temática precisa ser discutida pelos profissionais de Psicologia e no cotidiano das equipes, para qualificar o cuidado em saúde.

This study is an experience report that approaches and problematizes the act of recording information on collective charts in the context of Family Health teams carried out by Psychology professionals of a Multiprofessional Residency Program. The Federal Council of Psychology highlights the psychologist that works in a public service should register the information on the chart that the other professionals have access to, recording only information related to the aim of his task. This is a complex subject, once it involves ethical and professional secrecy aspects. Such aspects must be discussed by Psychology professionals in the context of health teams, so as to improve health care.

Este artículo se constituye en un relato de experiencia, el cual aborda y problematiza el registro de informaciones en las historias clínicas colectivas, en equipos de Salud de la Familia, por los profesionales de Psicología vinculados a un Programa de Residencia Multiprofesional. El Consejo Federal de Psicología destaca que el psicólogo en servicio multiprofesional, debe hacer uso de una historia clínica única, registrando solamente las informaciones necesarias para los objetivos del trabajo. Esta cuestión es compleja, una vez que implica aspectos éticos y de secreto profesional. Sin embargo, se entiende que esta temática debe ser discutida por los profesionales de la Psicología y en el cotidiano de los equipos, para calificar el cuidado de la salud.

Assuntos

RESUMO

Despite the increasing adhesion of electronic health records, the challenge of semantic interoperability remains unsolved. The fact that different parties can exchange messages does not mean they can understand the underlying clinical meaning, therefore, it cannot be assumed or treated as a requirement. This work introduces an architecture designed to achieve semantic interoperability, in a way which organizations that follow different policies may still share medical information through a common infrastructure comparable to an ecosystem, whose organisms are exemplified within the Brazilian scenario. Nonetheless, the proposed approach describes a service-oriented design with modules adaptable to different contexts. We also discuss the establishment of an enterprise service bus to mediate a health infrastructure defined on top of international standards, such as openEHR and IHE. Moreover, we argue that, in order to achieve truly semantic interoperability in a wide sense, a proper profile must be published and maintained.

Assuntos

RESUMO

Las terapias alternativas son cada vez más utilizadas en la atención en salud. Actualmente la mayoría de las entidades de salud que prestan dichos servicios realizan el registro de estas intervenciones terapéuticas de forma manual, lo cual produce inconvenientes como: posible pérdida de información, falta de control y seguimiento del paciente, falta de interacción e interoperabilidad con la historia clínica convencional, e imposibilidad de desarrollar estudios estadísticos con información proveniente de dichos registros. El presente artículo presenta un sistema de gestión de información para una historia clínica electrónica en terapias alternativas, basado en un modelo conceptual, y un modelo de interoperabilidad basado en el estándar Health Level 7 (HL7). Para el diseño del modelo conceptual, además de la revisión bibliográfica, se desarrolló una investigación de tipo mixto, con un diseño observacional descriptivo mediante una muestra a conveniencia, conformada por siete docentes y once expertos en terapias alternativas. Se indagó acerca de las características de los instrumentos y herramientas utilizados por los expertos para la gestión de la información. Una vez finalizada la propuesta del modelo, esta fue validada por los expertos. Para el modelo de interoperabilidad se consideraron los aspectos técnicos y sintácticos al diseñar una arquitectura de servicios para el envío y recepción de mensajes. En cuanto a la interoperabilidad sintáctica, se diseñó una estructura de mensaje según HL7 con información de pacientes.

The use of alternative therapies is on the increase in health care. Most of the health institutions currently rendering such services keep manual records of therapeutic interventions, resulting in inconveniences such as the possible loss of information, lack of patient control and follow-up, lack of interaction and interoperability with conventional medical records, and inability to develop statistical studies based on data from those records. The paper presents an information management system for electronic medical records in alternative therapies based on a conceptual model and an interoperability model based on the Health Level 7 (HL7) standard. For the design of the conceptual model, in addition to the literature review, a mixed research study was conducted with a descriptive observational design using a convenience sample of seven teachers and eleven experts on alternative therapies. Participants were asked about the characteristics of the instruments and tools used by information management experts. A model proposal was developed which was validated by the experts. For the interoperability model account was taken of the technical and syntactic aspects involved in the design of a service architecture for message submission and reception. For syntactic interoperability a message structure was designed based on HL7 and patient information.

As terapias alternativas são cada vez mais utilizadas na atenção em saúde. Actualmente a maioria das entidades de saúde que emprestam ditos serviços realizam o registro destas intervenções terapéuticas de forma manual, o qual produz inconvenientes como: possível perda de informação, falta de controle e acompanhamento do paciente, falta de interacção e interoperabilidade com a história clínica convencional, e impossibilidade de desenvolver estudos estatísticos com informação proveniente de ditos registros. O presente artigo apresenta um sistema de gestão de informação para uma história clínica electrônica em terapias alternativas, baseado num modelo conceitual, e um modelo de interoperabilidade baseado no estándar Health Level 7 (HL7). Para o desenho do modelo conceitual, para além da revisão bibliográfica, desenvolveu-se uma investigação de tipo misto, com um desenho observacional descriptivo mediante uma amostra à conveniência, conformada por sete docentes e onze expertos em terapias alternativas. Indagou-se sobre as características dos instrumentos e ferramentas utilizados pelos expertos para a gestão da informação. Uma vez finda a proposta do modelo, esta foi validada pelos expertos. Para o modelo de interoperabilidade foram considerados os aspectos técnicos e sintáticos ao desenhar uma arquitetura de serviços para o envio e recepção de mensagens. Em relação à interoperabilidade sintática, foi desenhada uma estructura de mensagem segundo HL7 com informação de pacientes.

RESUMO

Patient identification matching problems are a major contributor to data integrity issues within electronic health records. These issues impede the improvement of healthcare quality through health information exchange and care coordination, and contribute to deaths resulting from medical errors. Despite best practices in the area of patient access and medical record management to avoid duplicating patient records, duplicate records continue to be a significant problem in healthcare. This study examined the underlying causes of duplicate records using a multisite data set of 398,939 patient records with confirmed duplicates and analyzed multiple reasons for data discrepancies between those record matches. The field that had the greatest proportion of mismatches (nondefault values) was the middle name, accounting for 58.30 percent of mismatches. The Social Security number was the second most frequent mismatch, occurring in 53.54 percent of the duplicate pairs. The majority of the mismatches in the name fields were the result of misspellings (53.14 percent in first name and 33.62 percent in last name) or swapped last name/first name, first name/middle name, or last name/middle name pairs. The use of more sophisticated technologies is critical to improving patient matching. However, no amount of advanced technology or increased data capture will completely eliminate human errors. Thus, the establishment of policies and procedures (such as standard naming conventions or search routines) for front-end and back-end staff to follow is foundational for the overall data integrity process. Training staff on standard policies and procedures will result in fewer duplicates created on the front end and more accurate duplicate record matching and merging on the back end. Furthermore, monitoring, analyzing trends, and identifying errors that occur are proactive ways to identify data integrity issues.

Assuntos

RESUMO

A Rede de Urgência e Emergência (RUE) busca garantir o atendimento à população em situações de urgência e emergência, com a Atenção Primária à Saúde como coordenadora do fluxo entre os demais pontos. Assim, a integração da informação entre os componentes da rede apoia o trabalho dos profissionais de saúde. O objetivo da pesquisa foi analisar a integração entre os dados e informações à Rede de Urgência e Emergência por um sistema de informações em saúde (SIS) municipal, na percepção dos profissionais de saúde. Pesquisa quantitativa do tipo descritivo, de corte transversal. A coleta de dados foi realizada de janeiro a setembro de 2015 por meio de formulários, com 103 profissionais enfermeiros e médicos da Atenção Primária à Saúde e Unidade de Pronto Atendimento em um distrito sanitário de Curitiba-PR. Os resultados foram classificados nas seguintes dimensões: Apresentação do Prontuário, Conteúdo, Treinamento e Integração. Notou-se que os profissionais de saúde percebem o sistema de saúde municipal como uma ferramenta útil em suas tarefas diárias, mas que ainda não alcança integração dos serviços, pela falta de conectividade entre os pontos da rede. Dessa forma, a pesquisa mostrou que a integração da informação entre os serviços na RUE ainda não ocorre de maneira satisfatória para os profissionais da saúde, e que um sistema mais integrado pode trazer melhorias para a qualidade dos atendimentos realizados aos usuários do sistema público de saúde.

The Urgency and Emergency Network (RUE) aims to ensure health care for the population in urgent and emergency situations while perceiving Primary Health Care as the coordinator of the flow between the other units. Therefore, the integration of information between network components supports the work of health professionals. The objective of the research was to analyze the integration between data and information in the Network of Emergency Department through a municipal Health Information System (SIS) according to health professionals. This quantitative research is both descriptive and cross-sectional. Data collection was conducted with 103 nurses and medical professionals of Primary Health Care and Emergency Unit in a health district of Curitiba-PR through the use of forms. The results were classified in the following dimensions: Medical Report Presentation, Content, Training and Integration. It was clear that health professionals see the municipal health system as a useful tool in their daily tasks, but due to a lack of connectivity between network points, it has not yet achieved integration of services. Consequently, this research has shown that the integration of information between services in RUE still does not occur to the satisfaction of health professionals, and that a more integrated system can bring improvements to the quality of care provided to users of the public health system.

Assuntos