title: Classification of Patient Care Complexity: Cloud Technology.
abstract: Presentation of the computerized structure to implement, in a university hospital in the South of Brazil, the Patients Classification System of Perroca, which categorizes patients according to the care complexity. This solution also aims to corroborate a recent study at the hospital, which evidenced that the increasing workload presents a direct relation with the institutional quality indicators. The tools used were the Google applications with high productivity interconnecting the topic knowledge on behalf of the nursing professionals and information technology professionals.
authors.affiliation: Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre (HCPA), RS, Brazil.
authors.forename: Caren
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: de Oliveira Riboldi
authors.affiliation: Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre (HCPA), RS, Brazil.
authors.forename: Andrea Barcellos Teixeira
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: Macedo
authors.affiliation: Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre (HCPA), RS, Brazil.
authors.forename: Thiane
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Mergen
authors.affiliation: Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre (HCPA), RS, Brazil.
authors.forename: Vera Lúcia Mendes
authors.initials: VL
authors.lastname: Dias
authors.affiliation: Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre (HCPA), RS, Brazil.
authors.forename: Diovane Ghignatti
authors.initials: DG
authors.lastname: da Costa
authors.affiliation: Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre (HCPA), RS, Brazil.
authors.forename: Maria Luiza Falsarella
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Malvezzi
authors.affiliation: Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Brazil.
authors.forename: Ana Maria Muller
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Magalhães
authors.affiliation: Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Brazil.
authors.forename: Denise Tolfo
authors.initials: DT
authors.lastname: Silveira
mesh_terms: D001938:Brazil; D000067917:Cloud Computing; D020000:Decision Support Systems, Clinical / Q000458:organization & administration*; D009732:Nursing Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D009733:Nursing Diagnosis / Q000458:organization & administration*; D010347:Patient Care Planning / Q000458:organization & administration*; D012984:Software