Abstract

CALISTO DE ASSIS PIRES, Mariana et al. Mapping controversies in the implementation of the strategy for Primary Health Care in Minas Gerais. Rev. cuba. inf. cienc. salud [online]. 2021, vol.32, n.2, e1654.  Epub Apr 01, 2021. ISSN 2307-2113.

The study aimed to map controversies related to the network of actors in the implementation of a computerization strategy for Primary Health Care, in Minas Gerais, Brazil. It was a qualitative study based on the Actor-Network Theory. As a methodological framework, Controversy Cartography was used. We interviewed 16 spokespersons (health professionals, managers and computer technicians) involved with the implementation of the strategy in a municipality in the Western region of Minas Gerais. We conducted participant observation and collected 43 documents when following the spokespersons during the implementation process from January 2018 to April 2019. We map as a central controversy the decision to use or not the municipal system itself at the expense of other technology. Other developments have emerged: ethical controversies; controversies regarding the process of integrating information between the municipal system itself and government software systems; controversies in basic units during the implementation of the computerization strategy related to structural weaknesses and work overload of professionals. We still found translations related to the act of not planning and not deciding from the data stored in the systems, in addition to uncertainties about the responsibility to feed the software systems. It is concluded that there is a central controversy (the decision to implant the technology) involving a network of human and non-human actors mobilizing decisions, conflicts and agreements, as well as there are developments (other controversies) that end up influencing computerization.

Keywords : Health information system; information technology; Primary Health Care; Health Informatics; Nursing Informatics.

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