THE INTERDEPENDENCE OF PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATION AND INFORMATION TRANSFER MECHANISMS FOR DIGITAL HEALTH REPOSITORIES MANAGEMENT

Abstract

Introduction: the mechanisms of organic information transfer of Health Care Service Producing Organisms enable access to institutional repositories in Brazil. Objectives: to know the mechanisms of information transfer between Health Care Service Producing Organisms and the Computer Department of SUS Portal; to identify the qualification of the professionals who work in the treatment and organization to access of organic health information available on the Computer Department of SUS Portal. Methodology: the research has a quantitative and qualitative approach; in relation to the objectives, it is exploratory and descriptive; bibliographic, documentary and field research; interviews with the IT and Archives managers of the Health Care Service Producing Organisms of the sample and of Computer Department of SUS; analysis techniques used are Descriptive Statistics and Content Analysis. Results: the access to health information depends on devices and technologies for the electronic health records flow between Health Care Service Producing Organisms and Computer Department of SUS Portal repositories; the information transfer mechanisms are still unknown or infrequently used for the work and decision-making processes performance, as well for the generation and dissemination of health knowledge; the results point to a lack of qualification in archival document management of the professionals who manage the electronic health records. Conclusion: Health Care Service Producing Organisms and Computer Department of SUS professionals and managers are recommended to adopt archival document management protocols, procedures and processes in consonance with those of IT in order to guarantee access to electronic health records.