Objetivo: Desenvolver um sistema de distribuição de conteúdo por meio de mensagens curtas de texto por celular (SMS - short message service) e avaliar se a utilização deste tipo de serviço direcionado a gestantes aumenta a adesão às práticas recomendadas de cuidado pré-natal. Desenho: Ensaio clínico controlado aleatorizado por conglomerados. Local do estudo: 20 unidades básicas de saúde (UBSs) de Ribeirão Preto, Brasil. População: Mulheres com mais de 18 anos, em seguimento de pré-natal nas UBSs selecionadas, com até 20 semanas de gestação no período de recrutamento. Métodos: Foi desenvolvido e implantado um sistema de informação e comunicação em saúde capaz de distribuir automaticamente conteúdo relevante para gestantes no período de pré-natal e pós-parto, o SISPRENACEL. Apesar de construído utilizando as boas práticas em engenharia de software e seu uso ter sido monitorado de perto, o sistema em si não foi avaliado neste trabalho. Para avaliar o impacto da intervenção, foram selecionadas as 20 UBSs que apresentaram os maiores números de gestantes nos anos anteriores. As UBS foram aleatorizadas em 2 grupos de 10 unidades para receber a intervenção e servir como controle. Em cada UBS alocada para receber a intervenção foram afixados cartazes convidando as gestantes a receber um pacote de SMS com conteúdo relacionada a gestação e ao parto (PRENACEL). Também nestas unidades, cada gestante recebeu uma filipeta reiterando o convite e com informações sobre o PRENACEL. As mulheres que se interessaram pelo projeto foram avaliadas quanto sua elegibilidade, forneceram consentimento e então passaram a receber as SMS, enviadas automaticamente pelo SISPRENACEL, durante a gestação em adição ao cuidado pré-natal de rotina. Nenhuma intervenção foi realizada nas UBS do grupo controle e as gestantes daquele grupo receberam apenas o cuidado pré-natal de rotina. As gestantes advindas dos dois grupos foram entrevistadas nas maternidades participantes após o parto. Principal medida de desfecho: A proporção de mulheres que apresentaram uma alta cobertura de práticas recomendadas durante o cuidado pré-natal, avaliada por um escore de cuidados (EC). Resultados: 350 mensagens demonstrando interesse em participar do PRENACEL foram recebidas e 157 mulheres elegíveis foram cadastradas pelo sistema. Durante o pré-natal foram enviadas 21.703 mensagens IX programadas, 1087 mensagens foram recebidas contendo dúvidas, sugestões ou comentários do serviço e 1230 mensagens foram enviadas em resposta as gestantes. Um total de 1210 mulheres elegíveis para participar do estudo recebeu cuidado pré- natal nas UBS participantes do projeto e tiveram seus desfechos avaliados nas maternidades participantes, sendo 770 oriundas das unidades intervenção e 440 das unidades controle. 157 mulheres elegíveis para receber a intervenção se interessaram pelo PRENACEL (20.4%, 157/770) e 73.9% delas (116/157) receberam e acessaram o pacote de mensagens. Houve desbalanço entre algumas características de base entre os grupos estudados e, em que pese o escore médio de cuidados pré-natais do grupo Intervenção ter sido maior que a do grupo Controle [46,6 (±8,0) vs 45,2 (±8,7), p=0,0002], a análise ajustada de intenção de tratamento não demonstrou diferença nos resultados entre os grupos intervenção e controle para a ocorrência de um alto escore de cuidados pré-natais. A análise por protocolo (bruta e ajustada para características sociodemográficas) sugere benefício da intervenção (RR ajustado para um alto escore de cuidados pré-natais: 1,12 (IC95%1,05-1,21)). Houve maior frequência de realização de 6 ou mais consultas (96,9% vs. 84,8%, p=0,01) e de exames para Sífilis (40,5% vs. 24,8%, p=0,03) e HIV (46,6% vs. 25,7%, p=0,0006) no grupo PRENACEL que no controle. A proporção de gestantes com alto EC foi maior no PRENACEL que no Controle (94% vs. 80%, p<0,0001). O NNT foi de sete mulheres recebendo a intervenção para uma mulher adicional com um alto escore de cuidados pré-natais. Conclusões: A utilização de um sistema de distribuição de conteúdo relevante foi essencial para o gerenciamento do volume e controle das mensagens distribuídas. Houve aumento de adesão aos cuidados recomendados durante este período, particularmente às consultas pré-natais e a triagem sorológica para sífilis e HIV entre as mulheres que receberam e acessaram o conteúdo enviado por SMS. É necessário desenvolver uma estratégia de implementação capaz de maximizar o interesse das mulheres em receber um pacote de SMS com conteúdo relacionada a gestação e parto. / Objective: Increase adherence to recommended practices of prenatal care through the development and use of a system that distributes content to pregnant woman through short message service (SMS). Design: Cluster randomized controlled trial. Setting: 20 primary health care facilities (PHCF) in Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brazil. Subject: Women older than 18 years, attending to prenatal care on selected facilities, and that had 20 weeks of gestational age or less during recruitment time. Methods: We developed and deployed an information system to automatically distribute relevant content to pregnant women during prenatal and postnatal care, called SISPRENACEL. The system itself was not evaluated, although we built it using the best practices of software engineering and it was closely monitored. To evaluate the intervention\'s impact, we selected 20 PHCF that presented the highest number of pregnant women in previous years. We randomized the PHCF in 2 groups with 10 facilities to receive the intervention and 10 to be in the control group. We pinned posters in each one of the PHCF allocated to receive the intervention, inviting the women to subscribe to our service (PRENACEL), which would send them a SMS package with pregnancy and delivery related content. The women attending to an intervention facility received also a flyer that reinforced the invitation and that showed more information about PRENACEL. We evaluated the interested women to verify their eligibility and to get their consent. From this moment onwards, they started to receive SMS automatically sent by SISPRENACEL in addition to standard prenatal care. We did not do any intervention on PHCF allocated in the control group and the pregnant women in this group received standard prenatal care. We interviewed pregnant women coming from both groups in the selected maternities after delivery. Main outcome: Proportion of high level of coverage in recommend practices during prenatal care, evaluated by a score of care (SC). Results: SISPRENACEL received 350 messages of pregnant women interested in enrolling into PRENACEL and 157 eligible women were registered in the system. During prenatal period, SISPRENACEL sent 21.703 scheduled SMS, received 1087 with questions, suggestions or comments about the service and sent 1230 answers. We screened 1210 eligible women coming from the selected facilities and evaluated the outcome in the maternities, 770 women were from intervention facilities and 440 from control facilities. In the intervention group, 157 XI eligible women had shown interest in enrolling into PRENACEL (20.4%, 157/770) and 73.9% (116/157) received and accessed the package content. The basal characteristics between the groups were unbalanced and also the average score of prenatal care practices was higher in the Intervention group compared to the control group [46,6 (±8,0) vs 45,2 (±8,7), p=0,0002], the intention to treat adjusted analyses did not show difference between the intervention and control group to the high level of care. The protocol analyses (brute and adjusted for socialdemographics characteristics) suggested a vantage of the intervention (adjusted RR to a high score of prenatal care: 1,12 (IC95%1,05-1,21)). There was a higher frequency of attendance in 6 or more appointments (96,9% vs. 84,8%, p=0,01) and exams for syphilis (40,5% vs. 24,8%, p=0,03) and HIV (46,6% vs. 25,7%, p=0,0006) in PRENACEL group compared to control group. The proportion of pregnant women with high SC was higher in PRENACEL group than in the control group. The NNT was 7 women receiving the intervention to an additional woman with high level of prenatal care practices. Conclusions: The use of a system to distribute relevant content was essential to manage the volume and control of the SMS. There was an increase of adherence to recommended prenatal practices during this time, especially related to prenatal appointments, screening of syphilis and HIV between women that received and accessed the content sent through SMS. Discussion: It is necessary to develop a strategy for an implementation capable of maximize the women interest in receiving the SMS package with the pregnancy and delivery content.

Desde 1980 observa-se um crescente registro de ocorrências de causas externas no Brasil, que passaram a ocupar o segundo lugar dentre as causas de morte em grandes centros urbanos, superando as neoplasias. Foram analisados os dados de pacientes vítimas de trauma com internação na Unidade de Emergência do HCFMRP, em Ribeirão Preto (SP) entre 2006 e 2009. Foi realizada uma análise descritiva, envolvendo informações sobre o evento traumático, índices de gravidade RTS, ISS e TRISS, provenientes do software IntegraVep, de uso do Núcleo Hospitalar de Epidemiologia do HCFMRP, além de quantificações de exames laboratoriais e radiológicos demandados aos referidos pacientes, com o intuito de analisar as características e evolução dos pacientes. Foi possível observar a alta quantia de exames radiológicos e laboratoriais solicitados para pacientes com lesões leves além da distribuição dos pacientes quanto a faixa etária, sexo, mecanismos de trauma e gravidade de lesão. A utilização de um software específico para análise dos dados existentes no banco de dados do HCRP se mostrou adequada ao ser usado para os pacientes vítimas de trauma, podendo ser expandido para os demais setores do hospital. / Since 1980 there has been a growing record of occurrences of external causes in Brazil, which now occupy the second place among the causes of death in large urban centers, beating cancer. We analyzed the data of trauma patients with admission to the Emergency Unit of HCFMRP in Ribeirão Preto (SP) between 2006 and 2009. We performed a descriptive analysis, involving information about the traumatic event, severity indices RTS, ISS and TRISS, from the IntegraVep software, use of the Center for Hospital Epidemiology of HCFMRP, and quantitions of laboratory and radiological defendants to those patients with the aim of analyzing the characteristics and outcomes of patients. It was possible to observe the high amount of radiological and laboratory-only bid for patients with minor injuries and the distribution of patients by age, sex, mechanism of trauma and injury severity. The use of specific software for the analysis of existing data in the database of the HCRP was adequate to be used for trauma patients and can be expanded to other hospital departments.

Trata-se de um estudo que teve como proposta utilizar os dados do Sistema de Informações Hospitalares do Sistema Único de Saúde (SIH-SUS) como medida complementar para a identificação de mortes maternas não informadas. Foram investigados os Estados de São Paulo, Paraná, Pará, Ceará e Mato Grosso, nos anos de 1999 e 2000. Foram utilizados dados secundários dos CD-ROMs Movimento de Autorização de Internação Hospitalar do Sistema Único de Saúde (SUS), em seus arquivos reduzidos, por meio de formulários das AIHs que constituem o banco de dados informatizado e processado nacionalmente pelo SIH-SUS. Os resultados desta investigação possibilitaram identificar 651 mortes, sendo que 596 foram informadas pelo SIH-SUS como mortes maternas e 55 foram mortes maternas mascaradas ou presumíveis, obtidos a partir de procedimentos obstétricos e diagnósticos secundários pertencentes ao Capítulo XV da CID 10 - Gravidez, parto e puerpério, registrados no SIH-SUS. O presente estudo revelou que tal sistema de informação pode ser utilizado como medida complementar para a identificação de mortes maternas não informadas. / This study aimed at using data from the Hospital Information System of the Unified Health System (SIH-SUS) as a complementary measure for the identification of unreported maternal deaths. The states of São Paulo, Paraná, Pará, Ceará and Mato Grosso were investigated for years 1999 and 2000. Secondary data from CD-ROMs for Reports of Hospitalization Authorizations (AIH) of the Unified Health System (SUS) in reduced files were used through AIH forms comprising the database of computerized data which is nationally processed by SIH-SUS. The results of this investigation enabled the identification of 651 deaths, of which 596 were reported by SIH-SUS as maternal deaths and 55 were disguised or presumable maternal deaths obtained from obstetric procedures and secondary diagnoses according to Chapter XV of the International Classification of Diseases 10 - Pregnancy, delivery and puerperium recorded by SIH-SUS. This study showed that this information system can be used as a complementary measure for the identification of unreported maternal deaths.

Today, the application of information and communication technologies to healthcare is on the agenda of many countries. The main aim is to make Electronic Healthcare Records (EHR) of a patient accessible anywhere at any time to all authorized users. This is even valid in the cross-border case / the European Commission has published eHealth interoperability recommendations to the EU Member States, in which the RIDE Project contributed, for the purpose of an interoperable European Health Network. Interoperable cross-border clinical data exchange is an ambitious goal with some challenges, the most obvious one being the variety of standards. This issue gets more complicated with the locally developed standards and coding systems. Each country has its own set of standards and it is not reasonable to make all possible combinations of mappings among them during multi-party EHR exchange. Instead, what needs to be done is keeping the legacy infrastructures of the participants and agreeing on a set of common EHR standards and coding systems. Then, each country shall develop &quot / Adapters&quot / transforming local EHR instances to the commonly agreed formats which will most probably be based on widely accepted standards such as HL7 CDA. This approach enables the structure level interoperability. As the second step, in order to achieve semantic interoperability, coded terms from locally defined coding systems shall be translated to international counterparts. In this thesis, our methodology is confirmed on Turkey&#039 / s National Health Information System. &quot / Transmission Schemas&quot / are automatically transformed to HL7 v3 CDA R2 and CEN EN 13606 standard formats. The local coded terms are translated by developing a mapping platform based on Unified Medical Language System (UMLS).

Trata-se de um estudo que teve como proposta utilizar os dados do Sistema de Informações Hospitalares do Sistema Único de Saúde (SIH-SUS) como medida complementar para a identificação de mortes maternas não informadas. Foram investigados os Estados de São Paulo, Paraná, Pará, Ceará e Mato Grosso, nos anos de 1999 e 2000. Foram utilizados dados secundários dos CD-ROMs Movimento de Autorização de Internação Hospitalar do Sistema Único de Saúde (SUS), em seus arquivos reduzidos, por meio de formulários das AIHs que constituem o banco de dados informatizado e processado nacionalmente pelo SIH-SUS. Os resultados desta investigação possibilitaram identificar 651 mortes, sendo que 596 foram informadas pelo SIH-SUS como mortes maternas e 55 foram mortes maternas mascaradas ou presumíveis, obtidos a partir de procedimentos obstétricos e diagnósticos secundários pertencentes ao Capítulo XV da CID 10 - Gravidez, parto e puerpério, registrados no SIH-SUS. O presente estudo revelou que tal sistema de informação pode ser utilizado como medida complementar para a identificação de mortes maternas não informadas. / This study aimed at using data from the Hospital Information System of the Unified Health System (SIH-SUS) as a complementary measure for the identification of unreported maternal deaths. The states of São Paulo, Paraná, Pará, Ceará and Mato Grosso were investigated for years 1999 and 2000. Secondary data from CD-ROMs for Reports of Hospitalization Authorizations (AIH) of the Unified Health System (SUS) in reduced files were used through AIH forms comprising the database of computerized data which is nationally processed by SIH-SUS. The results of this investigation enabled the identification of 651 deaths, of which 596 were reported by SIH-SUS as maternal deaths and 55 were disguised or presumable maternal deaths obtained from obstetric procedures and secondary diagnoses according to Chapter XV of the International Classification of Diseases 10 - Pregnancy, delivery and puerperium recorded by SIH-SUS. This study showed that this information system can be used as a complementary measure for the identification of unreported maternal deaths.

This study attempts to answer the research question ‘Can a novel model of health information system strengthen process for conducting research to understand the effects of air pollution on CVD in developing countries?’ There is limited research output from Asia and in particular, from India on studies of the deleterious effects of air pollution on CVD. This research aimed to investigate the barriers in developing countries and proposed the use of a spatiotemporal methodology to assess the effects of air pollution on CVD by developing an application based on a GIS platform. Choosing Bangalore as a case study area, secondary data from various governmental departments that included demographic data, air pollution data and mortality data were obtained. An Environmental Health Information system application based on GIS platform was developed specifically for Bangalore and with the characteristics of the datasets available. Data quality assessment was carried out on these datasets that resulted in the recommendation of a generalisable data quality framework to enable better data collection that will aid in strengthening health development policies. The data was analysed using spatial and non-spatial techniques. Results showed that levels of PM10 were of concern to the city with all areas having either high or critical levels of pollution. CVD deaths also were of concern contributing to almost 40% of total mortality. The potential years of life lost (PYLL), which is an estimate of the average years a person would have lived if he or she had not died prematurely was calculated for the years from 2010 to 2013; this revealed that 2.1 million person years were lost in Bangalore due to CVD alone. These potential years lost is an important factor to consider, as preventive measures taken by the Government will result in a significant economic impact on the city. The limitations of few monitoring stations were overcome by using spatial interpolation techniques such as Inverse Distance Weighted interpolation technique. The performance of the interpolation was tested using cross-validation techniques and the results revealed that Bangalore city would benefit from increased measuring stations for PM10. The logistic regression conducted showed that pollution especially PM10 was a likely predictor of CVD in the city. Spatial analysis was conducted and included buffering, overlay maps, queries and Hotspot analysis highlighting the zone hotspots. The results from the research guided the development of the novel 5-I model that would assist other similar developing cities to assess the effects of air pollution on CVD. The impetus is that based on evidence, intervention policies and programs may be implemented to inform research and practice which will ultimately have social, economic and health impact on the population. On implementation of the model, hotspots will be identified in order to roll out interventions to priority areas and populations most at risk that will ultimately prevent millions of deaths and enhance overall quality of life.

Magister Commercii (Information Management) - MCom(IM) / In South Africa, public health facilities provide free antiretroviral treatment (ART) mainly via primary healthcare (PHC) nurses. To streamline data collection an electronic HIV information system (TIER.Net), was introduced in 2010. Data originates in paper-based records completed by clinicians with the data from these paper systems then being captured into TIER.Net by clerical data capturers. TIER.Net is designed to effectively monitor outcomes of the ART programme and generate information for planning, management and decision making. For Enock Mgijima subdistrict to attain these functions, it is imperative that data collected at the 21 PHC facilities in the sub-district be of good quality. There has been uncertainty around the quality levels of the data collected through the paper records and TIER.Net, and it was unclear which factors promote or inhibit improved data quality.

Magister Commercii (Information Management) - MCom(IM) / In the past, the Western Cape Department of Health had no formal or technologically enabled system for patient administration. This resulted in an administrative burden, increased waiting times for patients and doctors who needed results back from other sections, and missing patient files within the community health institutions such as clinics and hospitals. The Primary Healthcare Information System (PHCIS) was developed to solve this problem. However, it was later discovered that even though the PHCIS had been installed across the Western Cape clinics, there was a limited adoption and use of the PHCIS. Hence, the aim of this study was to investigate the factors that hinder the adoption and use of PHCIS by healthcare workers in the public healthcare clinics in the Khayelitsha sub-district in the Western Cape Province

Background: Health information system (HIS) performance has been defined as “data quality and the continuous use of information †. The quality of data, as well as the culture of data use in an organisation has been shown to shape the way data is used. In order to fully understand data use practices with the aim of strengthening the HIS, one needs to first understand whether the context and “culture†in the organisation is conducive to data use. Are the policies, structures, processes and people within the organisation aiding data use? In what ways do managers view and use data? Aim: In this study, we sought to explore the culture of health information use on a district and sub district management level. The aim was to contribute to the wider knowledge on information use by exploring the data use practices and factors that shape its use among these managers. What is the culture of data use in the district management structures? When, why and in what way does data get brought into the management discussion? Do managers feel that the information produced are useful in aiding their decision making, and what do they recommend be changed? What are the key factors that affect data use practices? Methods: This thesis comprises a literature review of published articles, conducted in order to provide context for the study of the culture of data use, whilst defining the problem to be investigated. The full thesis comprises the literature review, the original study protocol, a full manuscript in the format of a publishable article and a set of appendices. The study was granted ethical approval and permission from the provincial department of health. Given the exploratory purpose of the study, we conducted a mini ethnographic case study using qualitative research methods in a rural health district of the Western Cape Province of South Africa. The researcher employed ethnographic methods that included participant observation, in depth key informant interviews, document reviews as well as informal conversations to collect data. We used the PRISM framework as a guide for analysing our findings. Findings: Our findings suggest that there is a strong focus in this district on reporting requirements and technical aspects of producing good quality data. The drive to achieve excellence in production of quality data may be in tension with another important organisational value, which is the need of managers, for ease of access to relevant data, to facilitate decision-making and improvement of health service delivery. Managers’ overall experience is of not receiving the health information support they require. Instead, they experienced an organisational culture of using health information to narrowly measure targets and performance, which left them feeling unsupported and frustrated. Managers were resilient in managing these challenges and created alternative ways of accessing the data they needed for decision-making. Conclusion: We conclude that in our setting where the technical component of producing good data was well performed, this was not sufficient to guarantee effective use of data for quality improvements. Behavioural and organisational factors were found to play an important role as both obstacles and facilitators in shaping the culture of data use, information that is useful to inform design of interventions for health information strengthening.

Neste trabalho é apresentada a implantação de um servidor de imagens médicas com a implementação e integração de módulos para recuperação textual e baseada em conteúdo para o Serviço de Radiodiagnóstico do Hospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão Preto (HCFMRP) da Universidade de São Paulo (USP). O sistema permite a aquisição, gerenciamento, armazenamento e disponibilização das informações dos pacientes, seus exames, laudos e imagens através da internet. Os exames radiológicos e suas respectivas imagens podem ser recuperados por informações textuais ou por similaridade do conteúdo pictório das imagens. As imagens utilizadas são de ressonância magnética nuclear e tomografia computadorizada e são geradas no padrão DICOM 3.0. O sistema foi desenvolvido contemplando tecnologias para Web com interfaces amigáveis para recuperação das informações. Ele é composto por três módulos integrados, sendo o servidor de imagens, o módulo de consulta textual e o módulo de consulta por similaridade. Os resultados apresentados indicam que as imagens são gerenciadas e armazenadas corretamente, bem como o tempo de retorno das imagens é clinicamente satisfatório, tanto para a consulta textual como para a consulta por similaridade. As avaliações da recuperação por similaridade apresentam que o extrator escolhido pode ser considerado relevante para separar as imagens por região anatômica. / This work introduces an the development of a server of medical images with the implementation and integration of modules to query/retrieve text information and content-based to Radiology Service of Hospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão Preto (HCFMRP) at Universidade de São Paulo (USP). The system allows the acquisition, management, archiving and availability of the patients information, theirs exams, results and images through of internet. The radiological exams and theirs respectives images can be retrieved by text information or similarity of pictorial content of images. Images are from magnetic resonance nuclear and computadorized tomography and are given using DICOM 3.0 protocol. The system has been developed considering web technologies with friendly interfaces to retrieval of information. It is composed by three integrated modules: the image server module, the query text module and query by similarity module. Results show that images are managed and archived exactly, retrieval time of images is clinically satisfactory, considering both the text query as well as the query by similarity. The evaluation of the retrieval by similarity shows the chosen extractor can be considerated relevant to separate the images by anatomic region.