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Fábio Batista Mota1, Hamilton de Moura Ferreira Júnior
1Instituto de Saúde Coletiva, Universidade Federal da Bahia, Salvador, BA, Brazil. motafb@hotmail.com
Abstract:
The aim of this article is to investigate the adoption and use of information and communication technologies within private dialysis clinics in Bahia State. A case study was developed with companies by applying, to clinics' managerial teams, a research questionnaire adapted from RedeSist and from PINTEC. The sample included 20 companies, listed by CNES of the Ministry of Health, and obtained a positive usage rate data of 60%. The collected quantitative information was analyzed by interviewees' answer frequency distribution. Conclusion indicates that the adoption of information and communication technologies by the clinics is not directly related to their access to these technologies but to the under usage of their economical potential.
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