SIMAPES: Innovation for the management system in public policies in the area of health education in Brazil

• DOI: 10.22533/at.ed.1593832309105

• Palavras-chave: Public Policy, Health Education, Information Technology, Information Management.

• Keywords: Public Policy, Health Education, Information Technology, Information Management.

• Abstract:

  The article aims to present and discuss the Health Education Mapping System (SIMAPES) as an innovative technological instrument for public management, which integrates data from the education and health sectors in Brazil, with the aim of improving public policies in these areas. The data were obtained from official ordinances of the Brazilian Ministry of Health and through consultation on the “SIMAPES” platform. For the literature review and discussion, we carried out an integrative search in the SciELO database with keywords, using works available in full that covered the use of information technologies, public policies and the intersection of public sectors. SIMAPES carries out mapping, monitoring and evaluation of the health education situation, integrating and intersecting data sources from the Higher Education Census, Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE) and the Unified Health System (SUS). Among the indicators generated by the system are the number of places in health courses, available infrastructure and regional human resources training needs. The innovative integration of data that this tool performs can contribute to decision-making in public policies regarding the opening of vacancies and courses in the health area, according to local needs and directly benefiting the Brazilian population, thus representing an advance technology in public management. However, this is a system that is still being improved and requires further investigation, especially in relation to possible biases.