Objective:

To describe the construction and validation of an instrument to evaluate the use of the electronic health record of the e-SUS Primary Care (e-SUS APS).

Materials and methods

Methodological study that involved the construction of a logical model of the electronic health record of the e-SUS APS Strategy. Said model highlights the need to describe the e-SUS APS Strategy in order to observe primary health assistance in a broader scope and also understand users' electronic health records. The logical model was built based on the operation of the e-SUS APS and users' electronic health records, becoming an essential input to support the elaboration of evaluation questions. An instrument was elaborated from such model, evaluating its content and appearance -considering the criteria of relevance, objectivity and clarity- through the Delphi technique. Content validity index and content validity ratio of questions were calculated prior to data analysis.

Results:

The validity of the instrument was assessed by 16 judges in two rounds. The final instrument contains 30 questions, six of them referring to the personal profile, two to the profile of the health unit, and 22 to the evaluation of the electronic health record of the e-SUS APS.

Conclusions:

The instrument was considered appropriate, with satisfaction, ease of usage, technical support, training, and the use of reports being the most important elements. This tool could promote better articulation of multi-professional teams through the use of the information inserted in the system.

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