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Profiling IT Security and Interoperability in Brazilian Health Organisations From a Business Perspective

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datacite.subject.fosCiências Naturais::Ciências da Computação e da Informação
datacite.subject.fosCiências Médicas::Outras Ciências Médicas
dc.contributor.authorRijo, Rui
dc.contributor.authorMartinho, Ricardo
dc.contributor.authorOliveira, Adicinéia Aparecida
dc.contributor.authorAlves, Domingos
dc.contributor.authorReis, Zilma Silveira Nogueira
dc.contributor.authorSantos-Pereira, Cátia
dc.contributor.authorCorreia, Manuel E.
dc.contributor.authorAntunes, Luís Filipe
dc.contributor.authorCruz-Correia, Ricardo João
dc.date.accessioned2025-09-25T17:16:03Z
dc.date.available2025-09-25T17:16:03Z
dc.date.issued2020-04-01
dc.description.abstractThe proliferation of electronic health (e-Health) initiatives in Brazil over the last 2 decades has resulted in a considerable fragmentation within health information technology (IT), with a strong political interference. The problem regarding this issue became twofold: 1) there are considerable flaws regarding interoperability and security involving patient data; and 2) it is difficult even for an experienced company to enter the Brazilian health IT market. In this article, the authors aim to assess the current state of IT interoperability and security in hospitals in Brazil and evaluate the best business strategy for an IT company to enter this difficult but very promising health IT market. A face-to-face questionnaire was conducted among 11 hospital units to assess their current status regarding IT interoperability and security aspects. Global Brazilian socio-economic data was also collected, and helped to not only identify areas of investment regarding health IT security and interoperability, but also to derive a business strategy, composed out of recommendations listed in the paper.eng
dc.description.sponsorshipThe authors would like to thank all technical and medical staff from the 11 hospital units surveyed, and all their efforts to gather the requested data for this study. This research was supported by the São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP) [Process number 2018/00307-2].
dc.identifier.citationRijo, R., Martinho, R., Oliveira, A. A., Alves, D., Reis, Z. S., Santos-Pereira, C., Correia, M. E., Antunes, L. F., & Cruz-Correia, R. J. (2020). Profiling IT Security and Interoperability in Brazilian Health Organisations From a Business Perspective. International Journal of E-Health and Medical Communications (IJEHMC), 11(2), 96-114. https://doi.org/10.4018/IJEHMC.2020040106.
dc.identifier.doi10.4018/ijehmc.2020040106
dc.identifier.eissn1947-3168
dc.identifier.isbn9781799806905
dc.identifier.issn1947-315X
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.8/14129
dc.language.isoeng
dc.peerreviewedyes
dc.publisherIGI Global
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dc.relation.ispartofInternational Journal of E-Health and Medical Communications
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.subjectBusiness perspective
dc.subjectData security
dc.subjectHealth informatics
dc.subjectInteroperability
dc.subjectQuestionnaire
dc.titleProfiling IT Security and Interoperability in Brazilian Health Organisations From a Business Perspectiveeng
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oaire.citation.titleInternational Journal of E-Health and Medical Communications
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