Made available in DSpace on 2022-04-29T07:50:06Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2010-01-01; Knowledge Management Systems seek to offer a framework to stimulate the sharing of the intellectual capital ofan organization so that the resources invested in time and technology can be effectively utilized. Recent research has shown that some businesses invest thousands of dollars to establish knowled...
Non-communicable chronic diseases (NCCDs) are the main cause of morbidity and mortality globally. Demographic aging has resulted in older populations with more complex healthcare needs. This necessitates a multilevel rethinking of healthcare policies, health education and community support systems with digitalization of technologies playing a central role. The European Innovation Partnership on Active and Healt...
Ongoing demographic changes are challenging health systems worldwide especially in relation to increasing longevity and the resultant rise of non-communicable diseases (NCDs). To meet these challenges, a paradigm shift to a more proactive approach to health promotion, and maintenance is needed. This new paradigm focuses on creating and implementing an ecological model of the Culture of Health. The conceptualiza...
Ongoing demographic changes are challenging health systems worldwide especially in relation to increasing longevity and the resultant rise of non-communicable diseases (NCDs). To meet these challenges, a paradigm shift to a more proactive approach to health promotion, and maintenance is needed. This new paradigm focuses on creating and implementing an ecological model of the Culture of Health. The conceptualiza...
Objective: To evaluate an early home-supported discharge service for stroke patients. Design: We carried out a prospective, randomised, open-label, blinded-endpoint trial (allocation ratio of 1:1) with patients assigned to either an early home-supported discharge service or usual care. Setting: The study was undertaken in Aveiro, Portugal, between April 2009 and April 2013. Subjects: We included stroke patients...
To model and analyse stroke care and assistance provision in the Portuguese context from the network perspectve. We used the network theory as a theoretcal foundaton for the study. The model proposed by Frey et al. (2006) was used to elicit and comprehend possible interactons and relatons between organisatons expected to be involved in the provision of care and assistance to stroke patents in their pathway to r...