The course “Patient Records: From Concept to Emerging Trends”, developed by Prof. Dr. Maria Cristiane Barbosa Galvão (FMRP-USP) within the Graduate Program in Health Organization Management at the University of São Paulo, has provided an interdisciplinary space for reflection on the impacts of digital transformation in healthcare systems and on the role of patient records as a structuring technology for healthcare delivery.
In the photograph: undergraduate student Otávio Augusto Zanin de Andrade Fernandes, master’s student Luís Henrique Honório, special student Márcio Jacomini, and Prof. Dr. Maria Cristiane Barbosa Galvão, from FMRP-USP; doctoral student Andrezza Soldera from EERP-USP; and master’s student Arthur Dias Mendoza from UFSCar and faculty member at the Federal University for Latin American Integration (UNILA).
Throughout the course, students from different fields have discussed topics related to health informatization, interoperability, artificial intelligence, digital health literacy, privacy, information security, and institutional challenges involved in the implementation of electronic health records. The course seeks to connect conceptual foundations, practical experiences, and emerging trends related to contemporary digital health.
The activities have brought together students from nursing, pharmacy, biomedical informatics, law, and management, fostering a multiprofessional perspective on informational flows within healthcare settings.
In one of the recent activities, students participated in discussions on technical, institutional, and sociocultural barriers related to the use of computerized systems in healthcare, collectively reflecting on digital competencies, implementation challenges, and the impacts of technologies on professional daily routines.
The course has also promoted dialogues with professionals directly involved in technological mediation within hospital environments, bringing students closer to real-world experiences related to support, learning processes, and the everyday use of digital health systems.
Beyond the technical dimension, discussions have emphasized human, organizational, and informational aspects of patient records, encouraging critical analyses regarding:
documentation overload;information quality;clinical information flow;complementary communication ecosystems;and the real informational needs of multiprofessional healthcare teams.
Classroom discussions have also contributed to the development of new scientific projects related to clinical information flow, interoperability, and sociotechnical models applied to intensive care units and other healthcare contexts.