HEALTH INFORMATION SYSTEM - SISAB: THE ACS AND QUALITY OF DATA

Background & AIM: Health information systems should be used as tools in the identification and assessment of families and individuals in a population and allow for the construction of health indicators that will define priorities to be addressed. This study aims to offer theoretical and practical training in operating the SISAB to Community Health Agents (ACS) in an administrative district in the city of Belem. Methods: Theoretical and practical workshops were carried out with emphasis on the importance of the ESUS-AB Strategy and the correct filling in of data on the platform that feeds the SISAB information system. The workshops were attended by 95 ACS. During the activities, all the items of all the forms used by ACSs were discussed. Results & Conclusion: During the workshops, the authors perceived that most of the participants doubts were not regarding the use of the system platform but the content of the forms. Failure of the health teams to discuss the system and inefficient supervision resulted in errors in form completion. Thus the downgrading of the information produced by health teams is a result of the production of low quality and unreliable data, which hampers the effective performance of health teams in assisting populations to which they have been assigned and the use of data by governing bodies.