title: The Brazilian National Health Informatics Strategy.
abstract: This paper describes the Brazilian National Strategy for the development of the national Health Informatics Infrastructure. An overall description of the use of IT in the Brazilian Health scenario is presented with emphasis on the federal initiatives by DATASUS, the informatics division of the Ministry of Health. The national health card project is discussed and the strategies to establish interoperability among systems are presented. The adopted standards and methodologies used are also discussed.
authors.affiliation: Consultants United Nations Development Program, Ministry of Health, Brazil. beatriz.leao@saude.gov.br
authors.forename: B F
authors.initials: BF
authors.lastname: Leão
authors.forename: M M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Bernardes
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Levin
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Moura
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Bandarra
authors.forename: L M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Modesto
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Sousa
authors.forename: R E
authors.initials: RE
authors.lastname: Cunha
authors.forename: M R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Filho
mesh_terms: D001938:Brazil; D006291:Health Policy; D006801:Humans; D008490:Medical Informatics / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000592:standards; D012984:Software; D018875:Vocabulary, Controlled