Research Group: HIS-EHR: Health Information Systems & Electronic Health Records
Thematic Line: TL3 – Health Data, Decision Sciences & Information Technologies
Hub: Faculty of Medicine of the University of Porto
Research Area: Data Science, Access, Reuse and protection of health information, clinical records
Updated on 12/01/2021
He received his Ph.D. in Forensic Sciences, specialization in Forensic Medicine, from the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Porto (FMUP) in 2019. He has a degree in Law from the Lusíada University in Lisbon, a post-graduate degree in Hospital Administration from the New University of Lisbon, a post-graduate degree in Medical Law from the Faculty of Law of the University of Coimbra and a master’s degree in Medical Informatics from the University of Porto. For over four decades he has worked in public administration, in the area of health, with a stint at the Ministry of Justice as a member of the Board of Directors of the Institute of Legal Medicine and Forensic Sciences, where he was director of the Northern Delegation and a member of the Medical-Legal Council.
He is currently a Hospital Administrator, Responsible for Access to Information (RAI) at the Centro Hospitalar Universitário de São João (CHUSJ) and Visiting Assistant Professor at FMUP. He is also a member of the Ethics Committee of the Faculty of Dental Medicine of the University of Porto and Student Ombudsman of the University Institute of Health Sciences (CESPU). He collaborates regularly with the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Coimbra, the Institute of Biomedical Sciences Abel Salazar and the Catholic University of Porto.
TITLE: Medical student secrecy, its link to the duty of confidentiality and the right to access and reuse health information [O segredo do estudante de medicina, a sua vinculação ao dever de sigilo e o direito em aceder e reutilizar informação de saúde]
AUTHORS: Guimarães, R; Guimarães, M; Sousa, N; Ferreira, A;
SOURCE: Acta Medica Portuguesa, VOLUME: 32, ISSUE: 1, PUBLICATION: 2019
TITLE: Reuse of Clinical Records for Scientific Research: Legal Issues Related to the Authorization of the Holders and Anonymisation
AUTHORS: Rui Guimaraes; Pedro Rodrigues; Agostinho Santos; Ricardo Dinis-Oliveira;
SOURCE: ACTA MEDICA PORTUGUESA, VOLUME: 31, ISSUE: 6, PUBLICATION: 2018
TITLE: Reutilization of clinical data for research: The footprint scientific model of the hospital center of São João [Reutilização de informação clínica para investigação: O modelo da pegada científica do centro hospitalar de São João]
AUTHORS: Guimarães, R; Ricardo Dinis-Oliveira; Pereira, A; Rodrigues, P; Santos, A;
SOURCE: Acta Medica Portuguesa, VOLUME: 30, ISSUE: 3, PUBLICATION: 2017