Planificação da atenção à saúde e planejamento: experiência do Rio Grande do Sul / Planification of health care and planning: experience of Rio Grande do Sul
The objective of the present report is to present the experience of the Health Care Planification process of the StateHealth Department of Rio Grande do Sul (RS). The Planification of Health Care in RS, structured with the support of the National Council of Health Secretaries, is a set of workshops, as well as tutoring processes in laboratory units for healthworkers and municipal managers. It aims to organize macro and micro-processes of Primary Health Care (PHC) and its organization structured with Specialized Ambulatory Care. In February 2018, the workshops were completed in two Health Regions - with approximately 120 facilitators and 1,000 PHC workers- and were finalized in two other Health Regions - with approximately 1,300 PHC workers. The challenge for planning and state management is to expand the Health Care Planification for the other 26 Health Regions of RS, as well as the monitoring and evaluation of the process. As a planningmethod, Health Care Planification aims to strengthen Primary Health Care as the basis for the implementation of Health Care Networks in the state of Rio Grande do Sul.