José Geraldo Pereira Barbosa

Business Intelligence for Cancer Prevention and Control: A Case Study at the Brazilian National Cancer Institute

The number of healthcare organizations that successfully use data science in their clinical and operational decision making processes is increasing substantially. Studies show that there is a big potential regarding the use of analytical tools to support epidemiologic cancer research. The use of data mining to support the assessment of early detection programs is one of the main strategies of Brazil’s cancer control program and motivated the Brazilian National Cancer Institute (INCA) to develop applications to improve decision making processes. This article presents the development of Business intelligence (BI) systems employed on the management, processing and analysis of a large-scale data for cancer prevention and control.

Telemedicine Collaboration in Cancer Treatment: A Case Study at Brazilian National Cancer Institute

Brazil presents a complex scenario in cancer treatment. The occurrences have been growing around 600.000 new cases every year. The development of telemedicine has been a priority to INCA and its importance to the delivery of healthcare services in Brazil is huge. The PACS’ deployment allied with the creation of a national network of cancer care institutions were the priorities of INCA’s telemedicine project. This environment can remove communication barriers and ensure better collaboration among physicians across the country. The purpose of this article was to study the telemedicine adoption by physicians. The implementation of telemedicine can be considered as a type of disruptive innovation which changes radically the doctor-patient relationship.

Big Data Applications in Cancer Research: A Case Study at the Brazilian National Cancer Institute

The development of smart devices, Internet of Things (IOT) and cloud computing is generating an expressive increase in the volume of public health data that can be collected from various sources and analyzed in an unprecedented way. The demand for Big Data analysis is increasing progressively. The development of applications that support the continuing evaluation of early detection programs is among the priorities in Brazil’s cancer control. This paper presents the development of a big data application employed on the management, processing and analysis of large-scale Brazilian cancer diseases data, and the benefits for cancer prevention and control derived from its implementation.

Innovation Process in Cancer Treatment: The Implementation of Picture Archiving and Communication System (PACS) at Brazilian National Cancer Institute

Picture Archiving and Communication System (PACS) presents an innovation process which radically changes radiology services both inside and outside the hospital setting. Earlier, the usual method for capturing, storing, retrieving, and viewing radiology images was hard copy film. The adoption of a new system frequently comes with challenges. In this article, the employment of PACS by the Brazilian National Cancer Institute was analyzed. Medical images were collected from several imaging equipment, stored and distributed to the physicians. Distinct of the implementation of other clinical information systems, PACS implementation was considered a success; its benefits were significant. The results of this research indicate that process innovation involves governance and group work. Collaboration is one of the major drivers of process innovation in healthcare. Open communication, social relations and networks, and close contacts between innovators are frequently mentioned as indispensable principles for an innovative organization. These practices should prevail across functional and organizational frontiers.

O desenvolvimento de uma plataforma de TIC para inteligência de negócios no Instituto Nacional do Câncer: um estudo de caso sobre aprendizagem organizacional e inovação

This paper presents the development of an ICT framework for the management, processing and analysis of large-scale Brazilian cancer data. This was a qualitative and descriptive study conducted at Brazilian National Cancer Institute (INCA). The benefits derived from the framework implementation, so far, are: real-time knowledge access; patient’s focus and satisfaction; enhanced knowledge transfer and diffusion of best health care practices; reduction in treatment costs; relief of the INCA’s labor shortage; and finally speediness of cancer diagnosis and enhanced quality of both diagnosis and data used in epidemiological studies. The study also identifies the critical aspects that must be observed by the Brazilian health organizations in early stages of development of BI systems and thus contributes to the faster adoption of such systems.

Melhores práticas em inovação: uma pesquisa em empresas do setor de TI

This research aimed to assess the extend to which the adoption, to a greater or lesser degree, of management practices recommended by the innovation management model suggested by Tidd and Hull (2003) explain, together with the context, the seventh model component, the performance of both service innovation and in service delivery process, of 36 information technology companies established in the Rio de Janeiro state. The research identified that the component of the model that discriminated the highest number of performance indicators of service innovation was the context (environment) in which the companies operate. The result of logistic regression performed indicated that the reciprocal integration ability and the existence of a product development sector in the company organizational structure, the internal dimension of context, were the two elements determinant to a company be above or below average in terms of performance in developing service innovations. Finally, the results indicated, with a moderate correlation with a significance level of 0.01, a good performance in service innovation implies in a good performance in delivering the new or improved services.

PRÁTICAS DE INOVAÇÃO EM TESTES DE SOFTWARE: UM ESTUDO DE CASO NO INSTITUTO DE TESTES DE SOFTWARE (iTeste)

A pesquisa teve como objetivo avaliar em que grau as praticas de desenvolvimento de inovacoes de uma empresa brasileira desenvolvedora de servicos de testes de software conformam-se ao modelo generico de inovacao em servicos proposto pelos autores Hull e Tidd (2003), e os beneficios dessa conformacao para seu desempenho em inovacao. O modelo em questao foi aplicado em 108 empresas no setor de servicos no Reino Unido e nos EUA. Tanto a economia de servicos como o setor de testes de software tem crescido no Brasil, o que valorizou a importância do presente estudo e a aplicacao pratica do respectivo modelo. O estudo foi conduzido por meio de uma pesquisa de campo de finalidade descritiva com utilizacao de entrevistas semiestruturadas, questionario estruturado, narrativas e observacao direta. As narrativas do desenvolvimento de duas inovacoes implementadas pela empresa pesquisada foram objeto de analise tematica. Os resultados da pesquisa indicam que as seguintes praticas preconizadas pelo modelo encontram-se frequentemente presentes na empresa pesquisada: (1) valorizacao do papel do campeao de projetos, (2) estrategia de reprojeto rapido e reiterativo, (3) controles dinâmicos (in process) de processos, (4) capacidade de integracao reciproca, e (5) envolvimento simultâneo antecipado.

METODOLOGIA FUZZY PARA AVALIAÇÃO DE ATIVOS INTANGÍVEIS EMPRESARIAIS

O objetivo desse artigo e apresentar uma metodologia que permita quantificar os ativos intangiveis empresariais, a fim de contribuir nas decisoes sobre investimentos. Para tanto, a metodologia desenvolvida foi aplicada em grande empresa de navegacao para medir seus indicadores de capital humano, estrutural e de relacionamento em sua area de tecnologia da informacao. A Logica Fuzzy foi empregada para quantificar a percepcao dos grupos sobre os indicadores e reduzir as incertezas oriundas da linguagem natural. Os resultados representaram um apoio para tomadas de decisao sobre investimentos em ativos intangiveis. A aplicacao periodica da metodologia permitira avaliar os efeitos das decisoes dos gestores em outros momentos, contribuindo para o planejamento e controle gerencial, e colaborando para a valorizacao dos ativos intangiveis da empresa. Os resultados obtidos sao especificos da empresa estudada, mas validaram a aplicacao e o uso da metodologia em outras empresas.