Brazil's health system functionality amidst of the COVID-19 pandemic: An analysis of resilience.

Background: As of December 31, 2020, Brazil had the second-highest burden of COVID-19 worldwide. Given the absence of federal government coordination, it was up to the local governments to maintain healthcare provision for non-COVID health issues. In this descriptive study, we aimed to discuss the SUS functionality and resilience, describing the impact of the pandemic on non-COVID health services delivery while considering the regional inequalities of the allocation of financing health system, health infrastructure and health workforce.

Principles of clinical management: connecting management, healthcare and education in health.

This paper aims at proposing validated principles to underpin clinical management as a means to transform healthcare for integrated healthcare systems. The starting point was the conception of clinical management based on structuring elements that do not separate management, care and education. The authors' proposal was submitted to specialists so that a consensus could be reached.

The Polisemy of Clinical Governance: a review of literature.

The article aims to explore the concept of clinical management, with a view towards understanding the diverse meanings that could be attributed to that expression. This discussion can contribute to the planning and organization of health services geared to the management of clinical practices, as well as to set forth principles to draft actions in that field. Methodologically, the study consists of a qualitative literature review, using keywords of the Virtual Health Library (VHL).

[External evaluation of hospital organizations in Brazil: could things be done differently?].

This paper addresses different aspects related to the use of external evaluation models of health services in Brazil, especially hospital accreditation. It is based upon the author´s experience in implementing quality evaluation models in hospitals, as well as on her master and PhD works. The author presents a few aspects concerning the impact of the use of these models in hospitals and the specificities of their application.