Health information systems, the instrument to support SUS management: aplicability and challenges

Abstract

This article sought to address the Health Information Systems used by professionals in health management in the Unified Health System. It was observed that three are the pillars that form an information system (IS): data, information and knowledge. For health, information contributes to the decision-making process, since it helps in the knowledge about health conditions, morbidity and mortality, risk factors, demographic conditions and among others. The system currently used in most municipalities is the e-SUS, which is supported by two health information systems for primary care (SISAB), the national information system and the e-SUS system in primary care. This information collected by the systems is essential to the planning, implementation, implementation and evaluation of health actions and services, they are able to identify individual and collective problems. Often, managers and health professionals do not use information systems correctly, and are often incipient in the management decision-making process. These professionals use and share information and data, however, they face challenges in using this technology as a substrate for the production of knowledge and decision.