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The Promise of the Internet of Things in Healthcare: How Hard Is It to Keep?

  • Autores: Da Silva MM, Gregório J, Lapão LV, Marques R
  • Ano de Publicação: 2016
  • Journal: Studies in Health Technology and Informatics
  • Link: http://ebooks.iospress.nl/publication/44697

Internet of Things is starting to be implemented in healthcare. An example is the automated monitoring systems that are currently being used to provide healthcare workers with feedback regarding their hand hygiene compliance. These solutions seem effective in promoting healthcare workers self-awareness and action regarding their hand hygiene performance, which is still far from desired. […]
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How can information systems provide support to nurses’ hand hygiene performance? Using gamification and indoor location to improve hand hygiene awareness and reduce hospital infections

  • Autores: Da Silva MM, Gregório J, Lapão LV, Marques R, Pinheiro F, Póvoa P
  • Ano de Publicação: 2017
  • Journal: BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making
  • Link: https://bmcmedinformdecismak.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12911-017-0410-z

Hospital-acquired infections are still amongst the major problems health systems are facing. Their occurrence can lead to higher morbidity and mortality rates, increased length of hospital stay, and higher costs for both hospital and patients. Performing hand hygiene is a simple and inexpensive prevention measure, but healthcare workers’ compliance with it is often far from […]
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Implementing an online pharmaceutical service using design science research

  • Autores: Da Silva MM, Gregório J, Lapão LV
  • Ano de Publicação: 2017
  • Journal: BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making
  • Link: https://bmcmedinformdecismak.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12911-017-0428-2

The rising prevalence of chronic diseases is pressing health systems to introduce reforms. Primary healthcare and multidisciplinary models have been suggested as approaches to deal with this challenge, with new roles for nurses and pharmacists being advocated. More recently, implementing healthcare based on information systems and technologies (e.g. eHealth) has been proposed as a way […]
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Implementing ehealth services for enhanced pharmaceutical care provision: Opportunities and challenges

  • Autores: Cavaco A, Da Silva MM, Gregório J, Lapão LV, Lovis C
  • Journal: Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing
  • Link: http://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007%2F978-3-642-36981-0_40

ePharmaCare aims at estimating the health gains from integration of pharmaceutical services; and to assess the potential of ehealth services in the provision of cognitive pharmaceutical services.
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