Implementation of a computerized surveillance system of chronological series

Authors

  • Adriana Apolinaire Concepción Banco de Sangre Provincial, Santa Clara, Villa Clara, Cuba
  • Juan José Apolinaire Pennini
  • Odalis Cárdenas González Facultad de Tecnología de la Salud “Julio Trigo López”, Santa Clara, Villa Clara, Cuba
  • Carlos Ung Nicolau Facultad de Tecnología de la Salud “Julio Trigo López”, Santa Clara, Villa Clara, Cuba
  • Marta Macias Garí Facultad de Tecnología de la Salud “Julio Trigo López”, Santa Clara, Villa Clara, Cuba
  • Felina Estela Domínguez León Facultad de Tecnología de la Salud “Julio Trigo López”, Santa Clara, Villa Clara, Cuba

Keywords:

automatic data processing/statistics & numerical data, blood banks

Abstract

Health surveillance refers to the follow up, systematic gathering, analysis and interpretation of the data on health situations, or related conditions, in order to use them in the planning, implementation and assessment of programs. The objective of this work is to put into practice a system for the surveillance of services and productions at the Provincial Blood Bank in Villa Clara by means of ranges which are representative of chronological series. The ranges devised this way, are a graphic representation of the frequency of different events which are permanently registered. The investigation was carried out using a descriptive design of chronological series. The data gathered by the Statistics Department from 2000 to 2006, concerning four events, were taken; and the year 2007 was analyzed based on these ranges. The graphic ranges were done by means of an automated program based on Microsoft Excel. It was concluded that the use of these ranges represent an important working tool which offers conceptual soundness and immediacy, being also easy to use by the direction of the center in the decision-making process.

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Author Biographies

Adriana Apolinaire Concepción, Banco de Sangre Provincial, Santa Clara, Villa Clara, Cuba

Especialista en Gestión de la Información en Salud Pública. Profesora Instructora del Instituto Superior de Ciencias Médicas de Villa Clara “Dr. Serafín Ruiz de Zárate Ruiz”.

Juan José Apolinaire Pennini

Especialista de I y II Grado en Epidemiología. Especialista de I Grado en Administración de Salud. Máster en Salud Pública. Profesor Consultante de la Facultad de Ciencias Médicas de Cienfuegos.

Odalis Cárdenas González, Facultad de Tecnología de la Salud “Julio Trigo López”, Santa Clara, Villa Clara, Cuba

Especialista en Gestión de la Información en Salud Pública. Profesora Instructora del Instituto Superior de Ciencias Médicas de Villa Clara “Dr. Serafín Ruiz de Zárate Ruiz”.

Carlos Ung Nicolau, Facultad de Tecnología de la Salud “Julio Trigo López”, Santa Clara, Villa Clara, Cuba

Licenciado en Cultura Física. Máster en Gerencia de la Ciencia y la Innovación Tecnológica. Profesor Asistente del Instituto Superior de Ciencias Médicas de Villa Clara “Dr. Serafín Ruiz de Zárate Ruiz”.

Marta Macias Garí, Facultad de Tecnología de la Salud “Julio Trigo López”, Santa Clara, Villa Clara, Cuba

Licenciada en Historia y Ciencias Sociales. Profesora Asistente del Instituto Superior de Ciencias Médicas de Villa Clara “Dr. Serafín Ruiz de Zárate Ruiz”.

Felina Estela Domínguez León, Facultad de Tecnología de la Salud “Julio Trigo López”, Santa Clara, Villa Clara, Cuba

Licenciada en Educación. Especialista en Economía. Profesora Asistente del Instituto Superior de Ciencias Médicas de Villa Clara “Dr. Serafín Ruiz de Zárate Ruiz”.

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Apolinaire Concepción A, Apolinaire Pennini JJ, Cárdenas González O, Ung Nicolau C, Macias Garí M, Domínguez León FE. Implementation of a computerized surveillance system of chronological series. Acta Méd Centro [Internet]. 2009 May 8 [cited 2025 Dec. 17];3(2):73-80. Available from: https://revactamedicacentro.sld.cu/index.php/amc/article/view/453

Issue

Vol. 3 No. 2 (2009): May-August

Section

Information Management

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