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Streamlining healthcare quality management with an web audit platform
Sousa, Rita; Esteves, Carlos; Abelha, António; Peixoto, HugoThe quality management of services and products in health institutions covers several areas such as health education, access to information on prevention programs, disease tracking, professional training, availability of diagnostic equipment and therapeutic resources available, which demonstrates the importance that this management has to ensure an efficient administration. To ensure excellence, institutions ar...
Ethical decision-making in Artificial Intelligence: a logic programming approach
Machado, José Manuel; Sousa, Regina; Peixoto, Hugo; Abelha, AntónioThis article proposes a framework for integrating ethical reasoning into AI systems through Continuous Logic Programming (CLP), emphasizing the improvement of transparency and accountability in automated decision-making. The study highlights requirements for AI that respects human values and societal norms by examining concerns such as algorithmic bias, data privacy, and ethical dilemmas in fields like healthca...
Towards a standardized real-time data repository based on laboratory test results
Sousa, Regina; Peixoto, Hugo; Guimarães, Tiago André Saraiva; Abelha, António; Machado, José ManuelHealthcare facilities use huge quantities of real-time and analytical data to discover meaningful information from patient clinical lab results. Advanced analytics and machine learning algorithms help doctors identify and treat patients more accurately. Accurate models must be trained, tested, and validated with enough data. New real-time data allows healthcare practitioners to quickly and accurately analyse pa...
Revolutionising the quality of life: the role of real-time sensing in smart cities
Miranda, Rui; Alves, Carlos Manuel Ferreira; Sousa, Regina; Chaves, António; Martinez, Larissa Muriel Montenegro; Peixoto, Hugo; Durães, DalilaTo further evolve urban quality of life, this paper explores the potential of crowdsensing and crowdsourcing in the context of smart cities. To aid urban planners and residents in understanding the nuances of day-to-day urban dynamics, we actively pursue the improvement of data visualisation tools that can adapt to changing conditions. An architecture was created and implemented that ensures secure and easy con...
OpenEHR logic module: a tool for creating decision rules
Silva, Beatriz; Hak, Francini; Santos, Manuel; Abelha, AntónioIn clinical decision-making, data are fundamental elements for extracting knowledge for knowledge-based systems. Clinical Decision Support Systems (CDSS) need to ensure that stored data are semantically interoperable to, in turn, represent clinical knowledge and improve the quality of healthcare delivery. The openEHR standard provides a set of specifications that allow health information systems to manage elect...
Low code approach for business analytics
Sá, Daniel Cunha; Guimarães, Tiago André Saraiva; Abelha, António; Santos, ManuelLow-code is an approach to programming that seeks to enable the creation of artefacts by both programmers and non-programmers. It enables the rapid creation and delivery of applications with minimal effort to write in a programming language as well as for installation and configuration of environments, training and deployment. This allows the development to follow the needs of a company in a faster and more eff...
The interplay of inflation, healthcare spending, and suicide rates: an empirica...
Sousa, Regina; Ribeiro, Cláudia; Cardoso, Cátia; Freixo, Bárbara; Peixoto, Hugo; Abelha, António; Machado, José ManuelThis paper investigates the complex interrelation between economic indicators, such as inflation and government spending, and their consequences for public health and suicide rates. Scholars and policymakers are increasingly focused on understanding how economic volatility affects individuals’ resource access and stress levels, thus influencing societal well-being. This study analyzes data from three public dat...
Gamification in mobile applications: techniques, benefits and challenges
Oliveira, Mariana; Abelha, António; Sousa, Regina; Peixoto, HugoGamification, the integration of game-design elements into non-game contexts, has gained significant traction in the development of mobile applications across various sectors, including health, education, commerce, and environmental sustainability. This article explores the effectiveness, benefits, challenges, and future directions of Gamification in mobile apps. By enhancing user engagement, motivation, and lo...
Collaborative platform for intelligent monitoring of diabetic foot patients - C...
Chaves, António; Sousa, Regina; Machado, José Manuel; Abelha, António; Peixoto, HugoThis research work aims to set the basis for the development of a multidisciplinary platform designed to assist healthcare professionals, their institutions and more important, diabetic patients to manage diabetic foot syndrome complications. The system’s primary function is the automated classification of diabetic foot ulcers (DFU), with the ultimate goal of expediting treatment and improving patient well-bein...
Standardizing corneal transplantation records using openEHR: case study
Ferreira, Diana; Neto, Cristiana; Hak, Francini; Abelha, António; Santos, Manuel; Machado, José ManuelBackground: Corneal transplantation, also known as keratoplasty, is a widely performed surgical procedure that aims to restore vision in patients with corneal damage. The success of corneal transplantation relies on the accurate and timely management of patient information, which can be enhanced using electronic health records (EHRs). However, conventional EHRs are often fragmented and lack standardization, lea...