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- A Cardiac Rehabilitation Program Supported by mHealth Technology: The MOVIDA.eros PlatformPublication . Silva, Emanuel; Rijo, Rui Pedro Charters Lopes; Martinho, Ricardo; Assunção, Pedro; Abreu Henriques Seco, Maria Alexandra; Fonseca-Pinto, RuiThe cardiac rehabilitation backdrop in Portugal is lacking much-needed improvements in order to better serve patients with different heart conditions. Although the beneficial results of cardiac rehabilitation are widely acknowledged, it is not being implemented in an optimal way, with few rehabilitation centers irregularly distributed throughout the country. In this context, the opportunity arose to develop a project that would help to fill in this gap. MOVIDA.eros is an ongoing project aims to bring more people into cardiac rehabilitation programs and help physicians monitor their health anywhere they are. By using a mobile app and a web platform, the MOVIDA.eros project allows healthcare providers to be constantly connected to their patients and see whether they are following their recommendations and adhering to the program. In this paper, an overview will be provided on the current situation of cardiac rehabilitation programs in Portugal, including the main weaknesses and issues that should be addressed. The main features of both the mobile app and the web platform will also be discussed, as well as any challenges that might have come up during the development process.
- Proposal for selection of mental health indicators in the management of health networks: from heuristic to process modelingPublication . Lima, Inacia Bezerra de; Yamada, Diego Bettiol; Yoshiura, Vinicius Tohoru; Lance, Rogério Cortecioni; Rodrigues, Lidia Maria Lourençön; Vinci, Andre Luiz Teixeira; Martinho, Ricardo; Pádua, Silvia Dallavalle de; Rijo, Rui Pedro Charters Lopes; Rijo, Rui, Rui Pedro Charters Lopes; Furegato, Antonia Regina Ferreira; Alves, DomingosIn 2011, Brazil instituted the Psychosocial Care Network (RAPS) for people suffering from mental disorders and needs arising from the use of alcohol and other drugs within the Unified Health System an electronic information system that supports the planning, regulation, control and evaluation of mental health actions. Several studies have been done to select a complete set of indicators for mental health in Brazil; however, these studies do not describe how these principles are transposed into indicators. In this work we will use Business Process Management Notation (BPMN) to analyze the process of patient care in a mental health unit and to search through this analysis to select and map those that apply to the specific RAPS institutions. We propose a method, using process modeling along the Thornicroft and Tansella matrix, to select the relevant indicators and their mapping along the network. The method was effective allowing the application of indicators to the concrete reality of a psychiatric hospital in Brazil.
- Proposal of an Evaluation Model for Mental Health Care Networks Using Information Technologies for its ManagementPublication . Vinci, André Luiz Teixeira; Rijo, Rui Pedro Charters Lopes; Marques, João Mazzoncini de Azevedo; Alves, DomingosThe Brazilian public health system instituted the mental health care networks in 2011. Thus, the goal of this paper is to describe the research methods used as basis for a proposal of an evaluation model of municipal and regional management of a Mental Health Care Network that comprises computerized information systems and specific indicators. Proposed steps include: Review of Brazilian legislation on management in mental health care networks, Formulation of questions about how is mental health care management in the region; Semi-structured interviews with stakeholders about the performance of the network; Study of existing indicators in mental health field used in universal public health systems; Selection of indicators for implementation and availability in a web information system; Monitoring the system's access to obtain indicators’ usage; Another set of semi-structured interviews to evaluate effective use of the provided indicators in management of mental health care. The results obtained will be evaluated qualitatively and quantitatively to compare the final overview with the initial one, regarding mental health care network management, and if the use of computerized indicators influenced it. The use of the proposed methods in specific localities will enable expansion of local knowledge improving management and health care quality.