Network care continuity and living network movements in user-guide paths

Abstract

With the change of the epidemiological and demographic profile in our Country, the capacity of Health Care Networks to guarantee access and continuity of care to users coming from hospital admissions with care needs in the network has become a major challenge. Aiming to describe and analyze the meetings between actors of care production, that reflect in movements of living networks and potentiate the continuity of care and integrality, a user coming from hospital admission was monitored for a period of 6 months having as methodological reference the user-guide. The narratives were analyzed through Bardin’s Thematic Analysis, in which moments of living networks were evidenced and, in others, lack of networks, which impacted on barriers that made access difficult. It is concluded that, in the richness of the meetings, the networks are being built, in moments, with greater strength and power than in others. These moments can have a direct impact on the outcome of the cases, such as the patient’s follow-up. It is necessary to invest in the training of workers for integral health practices that consider the user as the protagonist of their care.