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Telehealth, contexts and implications in Bahia scenario

The present text is a report on the experience of Telehealth as a strategy of assistance support, strengthening the integration between health services, increasing the resolution and establishing a cost-effectiveness relation of procedures regarding public health, besides qualifying Family Health Teams through continuing education. Bahia is distinguished for having a single project in the national scene aiming to guide the intermunicipal projects, in addition to mobilizing Primary Care professionals and city managers through training conducted in all of the health regions. The result is the extension of professional actions and access to medical specialties in the most remote locations.

Telemedicine; Information technology; Public health; Primary Health Care


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