The Institutional support in the FD, Brazil, conducted by consultants from the National Humanization Policy of the Ministry of Health from 2008 to 2013 began at the Hospital de Base and was extended to the Health Care Department. It aimed at changes in the models of care and management and, therefore, at strengthening the BHS. At the Hospital de Base, guidelines (as Co-management, Hospitality) and mechanisms (as Management Council, Management Board) were implemented. In the Health Care Department the support to dealing with overcrowding in the Urgency and Emergency sectors of the network’s hospitals and to the establishment of co-management were implemented. We emphasize the importance of the managers’ adhesion to guarantee the implementation of the National Humanization Policy and the achievement of the expected results.
Brazilian Health System; National Humanization Policy; Institutional support; Co-management