[1] It has the mission of promoting the development and the interchange of ideas and results in the fields devoted to the information technologies applied to the health sciences (Medical informatics, Telemedicine, Bioinformatics, etc.).

SBIS is a nonprofit membership organization of individuals and institutions interested in developing and using information technologies to improve health care in Brazil.

The standards for access, information security, digital certification, patient confidentiality, storage of records, etc., have been discussed together and officially approved by a number of decrees enforced by CFM and are part now of a Manual, a course for buildup of a task force of specialized consultants.

The certification standards cover ambulatory healthcare, clinical laboratory and other areas, and in the future will be expanded for inpatient health records and Picture archiving and communication system.

The site has also a digital library[7] with on-line references to papers, reviews, e-books, multimedia files, etc., which are deemed useful for education and learning purposes.

The program entails a minimum list of technical proficiency, a written and oral annual examination, and the issue of a certificate which is valid for five years.

The Society installed also an educational accreditation program in place, for recognizing courses and curricula in health informatics, for this purpose, with a point-based system of credits.