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Using videoconferencing to discuss themes of nursing management in university hospitals

This study reports the experience of creating a project based on videoconferencing technology to discuss topics related to nursing management in university hospitals in the country. The study describes the Telemedicine University Network of the Science and Technology Ministry in partnership with the Ministry of Education, authors of projects that subsidize the infrastructure for videoconferencing, aiming at offering relevant experiences among teaching hospitals. The nursing professionals in the Sao Paulo Hospital have used the telemedicine resources in the last 2 years, to discuss administrative issues and human and technical aspects of nursing in the hospital. This initiative has been showing good results regarding the regular involvement and assiduity of nurses and users.

Health management; Hospitals, university; Telemedicine; Videoconferencing


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