The Rede São Paulo Saudável (''Healthy São Paulo Network'', in

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) is a

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-based

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corporate channel, developed by the Municipal Health Secretary of

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, with the goal of bringing programs focused on

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and

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, which may be watched by the entire population seeking health care in its units in the city. The network consists of two complete TV studios, and a system for transmission of closed digital video in high definition via

, with about 1,400 points of reception in all health care units of the municipality of São Paulo, including its more than 700 public health care centers and posts, medical

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s, and 17 hospitals.

Channel line-up

The TV network has currently three active channels. The first channel (the ''Citizenship Channel'') is devoted to the broadcasting of

directly to the population in the waiting rooms of the units. Currently more than 400 short- and medium-length TV programs with this content are part of its grid. The second channel (the ''Professional Education Channel'') has the aim of providing continuing education and

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programs to Health Secretary professionals, such as

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nurse Nursing is a profession within the health care sector focused on the care of individuals, families, and communities so they may attain, maintain, or recover optimal health and quality of life. Nurses may be differentiated from other health c ...

s, dentists, psychologists, social workers, etc., through

distance education Distance education, also known as distance learning, is the education of students who may not always be physically present at a school, or where the learner and the teacher are separated in both time and distance. Traditionally, this usually in ...

. The reception points for this channel are located in meeting rooms or

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inside the basic health units and hospitals. The third channel (the "Administrative Channel") is interactive, and serves for meetings and for corporate communication with

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in general, as well as for the transmission of courses in real time. The interaction is accomplished by a chat interface, through the Internet connection of each unit, since the TV channel is unidirectional (broadcasting). Each reception room for channels 1 and 2 has a 39"

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and a digital satellite receiver connected to an externally placed satellite dish. Channel 3 is received directly in a PC microcomputer in the administrative offices.

Distance Education

Several distance education courses for doctors, nurses and other health professionals are already in the air, and are freely available for the 54,000 employees of the Secretary. The courses consist or prerecorded or real time video transmissions according to a program grid, and of a public

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site for off-class support using a

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(LMS). The Centro de Formação e Desenvolvimento dos Trabalhadores da Saúde de São Paulo (CEFOR-SP) (''Center for Buildup and Development of Healthcare Workers'' (CEFOR-SP) and the centers for research and education of several hospitals of the public health network of São Paulo, such as the Hospital do Servidor Publico Municipal de São Paulo (''Hospital of the Public Servant of São Paulo'') are among the institutions which create and provide certification of educational content. The Healthy São Paulo Network is managed by the Technical Department of Information Technology and the Educational Technology Group of CEFOR-SP.

Technology

The Healthy São Paulo Network uses

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through

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ing via

, using the

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standard. The default compression used is

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MPEG 4, with a total

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of 20 Mbit/s for the 3 channels. The São Paulo company SpeedCast is responsible for the operation of the system and for providing the satellite space segment, with its satellite hub located in the city of

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. A virtual platform to support

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and learning uses the

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(LMS), hosted in a virtual dedicated server operated by the state company PRODAM and developed by the Edumed Institute for Education in Medicine and Health.

Television studios

The network has two complete TV studios, a smaller one located at the central administrative center of the Secretary of Health, in downtown São Paulo, and another, with a full

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with 90 seats, located at CEFOR-SP, in the neighbourhood of Moema. The studios are equipped with robotic cameras,

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s, computers for presentation of slides,

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s, and control desks with

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and

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recording capabilities

External links

Rede São Paulo Saudável websiteDistance education LMS site
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