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Alaneir de Fátima Dos Santos1, Délcio Fonseca2, Lucas Lobato Araujo2, Cristiane da Silva Diniz Procópio2, Érica Araújo Silva Lopes2, Angela Maria de Lourdes Dayrell de Lima2, Clarice Magalhães Rodrigues Dos Reis2, Daisy Maria Xavier de Abreu2, Alzira Oliveira Jorge2, Antonio Thomaz Matta-Machado2.
Abstract
Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) are means to handle information, streamline communication, and contribute to patient care. This article describes the incorporation of Information and Communication Technologies in primary care and its association with quality, based on the Brazilian National Program for the Improvement of Access and Quality in Primary Care (PMAQ in portuguese). This was a cross-sectional study with 17,053 teams. An Index of Incorporation of ICTs was created, which included: information infrastructure, systems, and utilization. Regression analysis was used to assess associations. Only 13.5% of the teams had a high degree of ICTs. The strongest association was seen in the utilization of information. ICTs can contribute to improving quality of primary care.Entities:
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Year: 2017 PMID： 28640330 DOI： 10.1590/0102-311X00172815
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Cad Saude Publica ISSN： 0102-311X Impact factor: 1.632