Inteligência e suporte à decisão da saúde: Uma proposta de sistema de informação para o programa de triagem neonatal de Minas Gerais

Abstract

The Newborn Screening Program of Minas Gerais, whose state network consists of more than 3,000 basic health units, is an early diagnostic strategy of the Brazilian Government Health System (SUS), really important for the population. To align the information system to the core business of the health program the research problem is: How an information system could be handful to the program and what should be the impact of the use of it? Analyzing the use of this system considering the SUS in Minas Gerais State we aimed to development a web information system module with historical database to point out health indicators and evaluate the impact of the use of it. As a result, it was observed that the information system has been developed according to what suggested by the literature and important indicators of the program, significant improvements, benefiting thousands of children involved and also suggesting new applications and researches.