Os Programas de Saúde e o Sistema de Saúde da Marinha (SSM): análise e perspectivas

Abstract

The Navy Health System (Sistema de Saúde da Marinha - SSM) provides comprehensive care to its users, constituting a great challenge to provide such a service in a country with continental dimensions, such as Brazil. Primary Care, the gateway to the SSM, is of fundamental importance for the proper direction of the patient and the consequent optimization of resources. Therefore, at this level of care, professionals must be as resolute as possible. Among the most common pathologies found in Primary Care are dermatological diseases, including skin cancer, which has the highest incidence in the country. This paper aims to assess whether teledermatology is an effective tool to support the early diagnosis of dermatological pathologies, especially skin cancer, and whether it can contribute to increasing the resolution of consultation in Primary Care. Additionally, from this study, actions for its implementation in the SSM are related. It was observed that teledermatology, in the store-and-forward modality, is an effective tool that increases access to the specialty and contributes to the education of the professionals involved. Thus, it is a practice that has the potential to increase the resolution of Primary Care services in the Brazilian Navy.