Search Tag: Portugal
Portugal’s Eligible Population Is 98% Vaccinated
2021 03 Oct
Last January, Portugal’s healthcare system was undergoing collapse, with hospitals overflowing and intensive care beds running out. At that time, Portugal’s COVID-19 incidence peaked at 164 per 100,000 (28 January), but Portugal had fewer ICU beds per 100,000 than the rest of Europe. Since Portugal’s ICU could only accommodate 672 COVID-19 patients,... Read more
Breast imaging e-learning courses help radiographers
2019 30 Jan
E-learning is widely considered a useful tool for specific training and continuing education of health professionals. Therefore, like traditional learning, this teaching approach needs continuous evaluation in order to validate its effectiveness and impact. New research from Portugal found that an e-learning Course on Breast Imaging for radiographers... Read more
EHRA 2019 - Annual Congress of the European Heart Rhythm Association
2019 17 Mar
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Patient safety culture
2019 21 Jan
Radiographers’ perceptions Research to evaluate radiographers’ perceptions about patient safety culture in Portuguese public and private imaging facilities found that overall perception is positive but the safety culture dimensions rating should guide culture development of safety culture improvement action plans. Patient safety... Read more
Affidea grows in Portugal and expands into teleradiology
2018 23 May
Affidea Group is a leading healthcare services provider with over 7500 professionals performing almost 13 million examinations each year. Affidea is recognised for its superior medical technology platform, scale efficiencies, internationally awarded medical excellence and its continued expansion into new ways to create value as an integrator provider... Read more