[Design of an information system for primary care. Task Force for the design of an information system for primary care].
OBJECTIVE
To design an information system for the use of primary care professionals in the city of Barcelona's health districts, which breaks down the population and so assists the organisation of health care, identifies needs, establishes a monitoring system and evaluates the programmes set up.


METHODS
By consulting groups of experts.


METHODS
Primary health care.


METHODS
Experts connected with primary care or with knowledge of community health measurement (general practitioners, paediatricians, public health technicians, primary care managers).


RESULTS
Discussion sessions defined the design of the information for the system. The information sources used needed to be accessible to the Municipal Health Institute of Barcelona (city roll of residents, population census, car, real estate, mortality, birth and vaccination registers and the register of notifiable diseases). An information system was designed with a population base which contributed information about community and health.


CONCLUSIONS
The system designed broadens our knowledge of certain health determiners and of the health needs of the primary care team's catchment community. It can aid doctors' decision-making.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002391:Catchment Area, Health; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007256:Information Systems; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009017:Morbidity; D009026:Mortality; D011320:Primary Health Care; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D013030:Spain
Diseño de un sistema de información para la atención primaria. Grupo de Trabajo para el diseño de un sistema de información para la atención primaria.