Research Group: 2D4H: Secondary Data for Healthcare Research
Research Line: TL3 – Health Data & Decision Sciences and Information Technologies
Hub: Faculty of Medicine of the University of Porto
Research Areas: Machine learning, clinical coding, data quality and indicators in healthcare
Updated on 10/05/2021
Júlio Souza is an integrated researcher at CINTESIS, working in the research group 2D4H – Secondary Data for Healthcare Research, of the thematic line 3 -Health Data & Decision Sciences and Information Technologies.
He received his Ph.D. in Clinical and Health Services Research from the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Porto, in 2019. In Brazil, where he was born, he completed a degree in Biomedical Informatics at the University of São Paulo and a master’s in Bioengineering at the same institution. He started his path in Portugal with an internship, from August 2014 to January 2015, financed with a mobility grant from Banco Santander, which was followed by a Ph.D. grant under the Ph.D. in Clinical and Health Services Research, from FMUP.
He is currently doing research at CINTESIS, namely in machine learning, clinical coding, data quality, and health indicators.
AUTHORS: PINTO A; João Vasco Santos; Júlio Souza; João Viana; Cristina Costa Santos; Mariana Lobo; Alberto Freitas
SOURCE: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, VOLUME: 17, NUMBER: 21, PUBLICATION: 2020
TITLE: Measuring data credibility and medical coding: a case study using a nationwide Portuguese inpatient database
AUTHORS: SOUZA, J; Diana Pimenta; Ismael Caballero; Alberto Freitas.
SOURCE: Software Quality Journal, VOLUME: 28, NUMBER: 3, PUBLICATION: 2020
TITLE: Importance of coding co-morbidities for APR-DRG assignment: Focus on cardiovascular and respiratory diseases. Health information management.
AUTHORS: SOUZA, J; Veronica Canedo; Amparo Betanzos; João Vasco Santos; Domingos Alves; Alberto Freitas.
SOURCE: Journal of the Health Information Management Association of Australia, VOLUME: 49, NÚMERO: 1, PUBLICATION: 2020
TITLE: Quality of coding within clinical datasets: A case-study using burn-related hospitalizations
AUTHORS: SOUZA, J; João Vasco Santos; Fernando Lopes; Alberto Freitas.
SOURCE: Burns, VOLUME: 45, NUMBER: 3, PUBLICATION: 2019
TITLE: The state of health in the European Union (EU-28) in 2017: an analysis of the burden of diseases and injuries
AUTHORS: SANTOS JV; Julio C B Souza; Jose Valente; Vera Alonso; André Ramalho; João Viana; Walter Ricciardi; Alberto Freitas;
SOURCE: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH, VOLUME: 30, NUMBER: 3, PUBLICATION: 2020