Ambivalent implications of health care information systems: a study in the Brazilian public health care system

This article evaluates social implications of the "SIGA" Health Care Information System (HIS) in a public health care organization in the city of São Paulo. The evaluation was performed by means of an in-depth case study with patients and staff of a public health care organization, using q...

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Main Authors: João Porto de Albuquerque, Edmir P. V. Prado, Gabriel Raja Machado
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Fundação Getulio Vargas 2011-01-01
Series:RAE: Revista de Administração de Empresas
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-75902011000100006&lng=en&nrm=iso