Mortality Information System in Portugal: transition to e-death certification.

摘要: Inability to invest in and develop mortality information systems has been considered the single most critical failure health there is a recognized urgent need improve statistics cause of death information. Although have major developments technology with potential public systems, data collection largely remained unchanged countries, mainly due legal operational barriers. Electronic registration certification certificates quality timeliness statistics. The Mortality Information System Portugal has, since 1950, paper-form model. Portuguese Directorate-General Health recently implemented electronic as basis new system. A strategic multistep approach, defined by geographic areas country, was planned for implementation National completed December 2013 100% e-death achieved beginning January 2014. This article reports process describes newly established