The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) has promoted Integrated Health Services Networks as an innovative policy option for universal health coverage. In 2001, a Health Care model based on Health Attention Networks (RASs), and adopting the Primary Care Strategy (PHC), was designed in Porto Alegre/Brazil to meet health needs, by following the guidelines of the Unified Health System (SUS). The model advocates a view of health that entails preserving the autonomy of both individuals and groups and improving the management of a decentralized, regional and hierarchical system. In accordance with the Strategic Matrix, we introduced a called “Specialized Health Care Network” ESP, following the Methodology of Checkland and built the first “Problem Tree”. By adopting a question- and -answer approach, the paper examines the lessons learned, by putting into effect a systematic step-by-step implementation of this Network. Since there are no bibliographical references to similar experiences in Brazil.
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Coutinho, A. L. B., & Leyh, W. (2018). Lessons learned from the implementation of a specialized health care network in the municipality of Porto Alegre, Brazil. In Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing (Vol. 590, pp. 275–286). Springer Verlag. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-60483-1_27
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