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Improving Access to Pediatric Cardiology in Cape Verde via a Collaborative International Telemedicine Service

This paper addresses the role of international telemedicine services in supporting the evacuation procedures from Cape Verde to Portugal, enabling better quality and cost reductions in the management of the global health system. The Cape Verde, as other African countries, health system lacks many medical specialists, like pediatric cardiologists, neurosurgery, etc.
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The challenge of benchmarking health systems: is ICT innovation capacity more systemic than organizational dependent?

The article by Catan et al. presents a benchmarking exercise comparing Israel and Portugal on the implementation of Information and Communication Technologies in the healthcare sector. Special attention was given to e-Health and m-Health.
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Online Pharmaceutical Care Provision: Full-Implementation of an eHealth Service Using Design Science Research

Chronic diseases are pressing health systems to introduce reforms, focused on primary care and multidisciplinary models. Community pharmacists have developed a new role, addressing pharmaceutical care and services.
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A scenario-planning approach to human resources for health: the case of community pharmacists in Portugal

This study aims to design three future scenarios for Portuguese community pharmacists, recognizing the changing environment as an opportunity to develop the role that community pharmacists may play in the Portuguese health system.
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