This article considers the potential of the Health Information System to aid decision making processes in Human Resource Management of the SUS [Brazilian Unified Health System]. The experience is described of the Pernambuco State Station, pertaining to the Human Resource Observatory Network of OPAS [Pan American Health Organization] with headquarters at the Collective Health Department of Aggeu Magalhães Research Center. The objective was to describe the development of new methodologies using Health Information Systems that can be used to pinpoint deficiencies in health services, improve the distribution of health workers and consequently optimize medical attendance.
Information systems; Human resource; Access
