title: [Using information resources management to set up the area of health information: a case analysis].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To report the experience of the City Department of Health in Belo Horizonte (SMSA/BH), state of Minas Gerais, Brazil, with the use of information resources management (IRM) to develop a health information system.
  
  
  METHODS
  In this case study we reviewed documents describing initiatives in the area of information, the mechanisms used to enable these initiatives, and the results achieved with a management system focused on the implementation of an electronic medical records system in the period from 2003 to 2008. This process is described and analyzed from the perspective of IRM.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The system contributed to a change in the health care model, resulting from the electronic integration of 103 basic health units, 9 specialized units, and 503 family health teams, with emphasis on information that was relevant for the family health program.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The following IRM components were effectively implemented as part of the electronic system: creation of a single locus for the areas of information technology and information, potential leveraging of information technology, and establishment of a strategic forum for information-related decision-making. One limitation refers to the use of strategic information for long-term decision-making.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Medicina Preventiva e Social, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brasil. laines@uol.com.br
authors.forename: Alaneir de Fatima
authors.initials: Ade F
authors.lastname: dos Santos
authors.forename: Janete Maria
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Ferreira
authors.forename: Neuslene Rivers
authors.initials: NR
authors.lastname: Queiroz
authors.forename: Helvécio Miranda
authors.initials: HM
authors.lastname: Magalhães Júnior
mesh_terms: D001938:Brazil; D003658:Decision Making, Computer-Assisted; D005192:Family Health; D005194:Family Practice / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D019451:Information Management / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D008491:Medical Informatics Applications; D016347:Medical Records Systems, Computerized / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011320:Primary Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D014504:Urban Health