Abstract
Objective: To describe the use of technological tools by a Hospital Epidemiological Surveillance Service in the context of Covid-19 in a University Hospital in Northeast Brazil. Experience report: The Hospital Universitário do Piauí has become a reference for Covid-19 since April 2020. An epidemiological surveillance uses data collection through electronic medical records and communication with patients and family members by telephone calls to perform the notification of the cases. For the transfer of information to official bodies, technological tools such as E-SUS VE and Sivep Gripe were used. For the purpose of accessing the information available to the institution's professionals, an intranet is used using Sisah, a device through which it was possible to disseminate information related to official and updated Technical Notes from the Ministry of Health. Final Considerations: The records electronics and technological tools used in healthcare have great potential to improve care, facilitating the fast and accurate transmission of patient data, an extremely important reason for covid-19's epidemiological surveillance actions.