CINTESIS Researcher Elected to WONCA Mandate
Ana Luísa Neves, a researcher at CINTESIS@RISE/FMUP, has been elected "Chair" of the Working Party on eHealth of the World Organization for General Practice (WONCA). The election took place in Sydney in October, during the organization's latest world conference. The mandate will last two years. "I am really inspired by the trust placed in me by the members of the [...]
90 Segundos de Ciência // Study on Continuing Care in Mental Health is the Subject of a New Episode
Filipa Martins, a researcher at CINTESIS - Center for Health Technology and Services Research/Faculty of Medicine of the University of Porto (FMUP), spoke to the program 90 Segundos de Ciência/Antena 1 about the referral of patients to the Mental Health Continuing Care Network. Watch (in Portuguese)
CINTESIS Supports the Winter School 2024
CINTESIS - Center for Health Technology and Services Research is supporting the Winter School 2024, an initiative of the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Porto (FMUP), promoted by the Department of Community Medicine, Health Information and Decision Making (MEDICDS). With a new edition scheduled for February 5 to 9, 2024, the Winter School 2024 will offer a variety [...]
CINTESIS/FMUP Research Wins Portuguese Pneumology Society Award
A project developed by researchers Pedro Amorim, Daniela Ferreira Santos and Pedro Pereira Rodrigues, from CINTESIS - Center for Health Technology and Services Research/Faculty of Medicine of the University of Porto (FMUP), has won the "Portuguese Society of Pneumology/GRESP/Linde Saúde 2023 - Pneumology and General Practice in the Approach to Patients with OSAS" (Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome) Award. "We're delighted. [...]
CINTESIS Participates in Simulation Project
Applications are now open for the LINKS project - Lifting Interprofessional Knowledge through Simulation, run by researchers from CINTESIS/Faculty of Medicine of the University of Porto (FMUP) and the Nursing School of Porto (ESEP). This project will analyze students' behaviors and attitudes in an interprofessional context, and at the same time promote the development of non-technical skills and teamwork in [...]
Electronic Tool to Fight Polymedication in Elderly Patients
A team of researchers from CINTESIS - Center for Health Technology and Services Research and the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Porto (FMUP) is building an electronic tool that aims to improve the prescription of medicines to patients over 65, preventing adverse reactions, considered "a public health problem". The group's goal is to create a tool adapted to [...]