A inclusão digital do paciente como instrumento de realização do direito à saúde no Brasil

Abstract

Digital inclusion in Brazil still does not cover a significant portion of citizens. The digitally excluded people do not benefit from digital public services, among which are those related to state services within the scope of the right to health, arising from a government nomenclature called Digital Government. Considering this scenery, the developed research dealt with the interface between digital inclusion, technological innovations in the health field and the fundamental right to health, based on the investigation of the following research problem: is digital inclusion of the patient in Brazil an instrument capable of conferring the achievement of the right to health promotion and protection? Considering the digitalization movement in the health field in the country, the Public Administration must strive for the digital inclusion of citizens (which is understood, in this study, as a fundamental social right), whether of those who are absolutely digitally excluded, or those who are (still) not considered effectively digitally included. The effective digital inclusion of the Brazilian patient for the achievement of the fundamental right to health demands, in addition to the technological infrastructure, relevant information and user-enabling intermediation, an insertion based on their emancipation. This emancipation of the patient aims at their empowerment and autonomy in the therapeutic process, preparing them to actively participate in the healing and protective process of their health; from a governamental concept of digital nomenclature, inclusive and, at the same time, non-excludable, directed to the search for equality through public policies of digital inclusion. In addition, the digital inclusion of the patient aiming at the access to electronic medical record, beyond being a tool for improvements in the field of patient health care, allows the digitally inserted to monitor and control their electronically recorded personal data, generating a greater reliability by the patient and making it even more engaged in the therapeutic process. Thus, from the research carried out, it was found that the digital inclusion of the patient in Brazil is an instrument capable of granting the achievement of the right to health promotion and protection.