INFORMATION SYSTEMS SUS: A HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE AND POLICIES OF COMPUTING AND INFORMATION

Abstract

A set of information systems supporting the Unified Health System (SUS) in its administrative processes, ambulatory, hospital, epidemiological and in several actions of the Ministry of Health This article presents a review of the literature, contextualizing the creation of Datasus as a structuring the events of the SUS, lists the major policies implemented in information technology, describes the portfolio of applications and discusses three characteristics of those applications that require improvement projects: the integration between applications and their databases, covering events and health management support.