2023 / Artigos Científicos

Early detection of respiratory disease outbreaks through primary healthcare data

Background: The emergence of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) highlighted the relevance of surveillance systems in detecting early signs of potential outbreaks, thus enabling public health authorities to act before the pathogen becomes widespread. Syndromic digital surveillance through web applications has played a crucial role in monitoring the spread of SARS-CoV-2. However, this approach requires expensive…

2023 / Artigos Científicos

Protocol for a cluster randomised trial of a goal-oriented care approach for multimorbidity patients supported by a digital platform

INTRODUCTION: Health information systems represent an opportunity to improve the care provided to people with multimorbidity. There is a pressing need to assess their impact on clinical outcomes to validate this intervention. Our study will determine whether using a digital platform (Multimorbidity Management Health Information System, METHIS) to manage multimorbidity improves health-related quality of life…