Matrix support program in cardiology: qualification and dialogue with primary care professionals

O apoio matricial é uma estratégia potente e inovadora para enfrentar o desafio de reorganizar e qualificar o processo assistencial das doenças crônicas não transmissíveis no Sistema Único de Saúde (SUS). Este artigo relata a implantação do Programa de Apoio Matricial em Cardiologia na rede básica de saúde de um município na Região Sul do Brasil e seus resultados iniciais. Trata-se de um estudo de pesquisa-ação no qual os pesquisadores em campo foram um cardiologista e uma enfermeira que participaram ativamente do delineamento do Programa de Apoio Matricial em Cardiologia. O material empírico foi constituído por anotações de campo, registros da Central de Regulação e depoimentos dos principais agentes envolvidos na implantação e realização do apoio matricial, obtidos em entrevistas semiestruturadas e reuniões. O programa foi implantado em 2010, em todas as 56 unidades básicas de saúde com os objetivos de expandir a educação permanente para os profissionais da rede e capacitar as equipes de saúde para a resolução de problemas cardiológicos que demandem menor densidade tecnológica. Os resultados evidenciam maior resolubilidade dos médicos da atenção primária, com consequente redução e qualificação dos encaminhamentos para os cardiologistas, acesso mais rápido aos cardiologistas e aos exames, além de importante redução da fila dessa especialidade. Propõe-se a continuidade desse programa, sua reprodução em outros locais e incorporação de outros profissionais que atuam nas equipes multidisciplinares da atenção primária.Matrix support is a powerful and innovative strategy to face the challenge of reorganizing and qualifying the clinical process of chronic non-communicable diseases in the Brazilian National Health System. This article reports the deployment of the Matrix Support Program in Cardiology in primary health care services in a town in southern Brazil and its initial results. This is an action research study in which the field researchers were a cardiologist and a nurse who actively participated in designing the Matrix Support Program in Cardiology. The empirical material consisted of field notes, records from the Regulation Center, and accounts by key players involved in the deployment and execution of matrix support, obtained by means of semi-structured interviews and meetings. The program was deployed in 2010, in all of the 56 primary health centers aiming both to increase continuing education for professionals in the network and train the health teams to solve cardiologic problems requiring less technological resources. The results show better ability to solve problems on the part of the primary care physicians, with consequent decreased and qualified referrals to cardiologists, faster access to cardiologists and examinations, in addition to a significantly shorter queue for this specialty. We propose to continue this program, replicate it in other locations, and incorporate other professionals working in the multidisciplinary teams of primary care

Brazilian Flora 2020: Leveraging the power of a collaborative scientific network

International audienceThe shortage of reliable primary taxonomic data limits the description of biological taxa and the understanding of biodiversity patterns and processes, complicating biogeographical, ecological, and evolutionary studies. This deficit creates a significant taxonomic impediment to biodiversity research and conservation planning. The taxonomic impediment and the biodiversity crisis are widely recognized, highlighting the urgent need for reliable taxonomic data. Over the past decade, numerous countries worldwide have devoted considerable effort to Target 1 of the Global Strategy for Plant Conservation (GSPC), which called for the preparation of a working list of all known plant species by 2010 and an online world Flora by 2020. Brazil is a megadiverse country, home to more of the world's known plant species than any other country. Despite that, Flora Brasiliensis, concluded in 1906, was the last comprehensive treatment of the Brazilian flora. The lack of accurate estimates of the number of species of algae, fungi, and plants occurring in Brazil contributes to the prevailing taxonomic impediment and delays progress towards the GSPC targets. Over the past 12 years, a legion of taxonomists motivated to meet Target 1 of the GSPC, worked together to gather and integrate knowledge on the algal, plant, and fungal diversity of Brazil. Overall, a team of about 980 taxonomists joined efforts in a highly collaborative project that used cybertaxonomy to prepare an updated Flora of Brazil, showing the power of scientific collaboration to reach ambitious goals. This paper presents an overview of the Brazilian Flora 2020 and provides taxonomic and spatial updates on the algae, fungi, and plants found in one of the world's most biodiverse countries. We further identify collection gaps and summarize future goals that extend beyond 2020. Our results show that Brazil is home to 46,975 native species of algae, fungi, and plants, of which 19,669 are endemic to the country. The data compiled to date suggests that the Atlantic Rainforest might be the most diverse Brazilian domain for all plant groups except gymnosperms, which are most diverse in the Amazon. However, scientific knowledge of Brazilian diversity is still unequally distributed, with the Atlantic Rainforest and the Cerrado being the most intensively sampled and studied biomes in the country. In times of “scientific reductionism”, with botanical and mycological sciences suffering pervasive depreciation in recent decades, the first online Flora of Brazil 2020 significantly enhanced the quality and quantity of taxonomic data available for algae, fungi, and plants from Brazil. This project also made all the information freely available online, providing a firm foundation for future research and for the management, conservation, and sustainable use of the Brazilian funga and flora