In Portugal, only 4.5% of cardiorespiratory arrest victims survive, a percentage well below of that recorded in other countries, said Carla Sá Couto, researcher from CINTESIS - Center from Health Technology and Services Research/Faculty of Medicine of the University of Porto, in an interview to Canal S+. The specialist has carried out a study to learn what are the [...]
A new study authored by researchers from CINTESIS - Center for Health Technology and Services Research , analyzed the levels of positive mental health of more than two thousand Nursing students in Portugal and in Spain, and found some worrying data that may constitute barriers to the future of this professional practice. The study, entitled “Levels of Positive [...]
According to a group of researchers from CINTESIS, National Health Service (NHS) hospitals may be losing millions of euros due to failures in registering information on patients. Jornal de Notícias talked to Júlio Souza, one of the researchers leading the study that reveals discrepancies in the codification of the procedures and comorbidities (presence of two or [...]
A research team from CINTESIS – Center for Health Technology and Services Research warns hospitals of the National Health Service about failures in the registration system, associated to the quality of clinical information, that can lead to the loss of millions of Euros in funding. According to the study published in the Health Information Management Journal, [...]
