Rui Rijo

Rui Rijo is a Professor of Computer Science at the Polytechnic Institute of Leiria. He received his PhD in Computer Science from University of Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro and his Engineering degree from Instituto Superior Técnico (Technical University of Lisbon). He has more than ten years of experience as senior information systems consultant in, among others countries, Tokyo (Japan), Macau (China), Hong-Kong (China), São Paulo (Brazil), Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia), Madrid (Spain), Amsterdam (Holland), Madrid (Spain) and Lisbon (Portugal). His publications include book chapters and papers in refereed national and international conferences and journals. He is a co-founder and general chair of HCist - International Conference on Health and Social Care Information Systems and Technologies (http://hcist.eiswatch.org), and associate editor of the International Journal of Web Portals. He is the coordinator of the Master on Healthcare Information Systems Management. His current research interests include project management, software engineer, and health information systems. He is researcher at Institute for Systems Engineering and Computers at Coimbra (INESC Coimbra).

Publications

Security Framework for Tuberculosis Health Data Interoperability Through the Semantic Web
Security Framework for Tuberculosis Health Data Interoperability Through the Semantic Web
Vinicius Costa Lima, Felipe Carvalho Pellison, Filipe Andrade Bernardi, Domingos Alves, Rui Pedro Charters Lopes Rijo. © 2021. 22 pages.
One of the critical challenges in health information systems is interoperability. The clinical, strategic, and operational decision depends on quality data and the ability to...
Profiling IT Security and Interoperability in Brazilian Health Organisations From a Business Perspective
Profiling IT Security and Interoperability in Brazilian Health Organisations From a Business Perspective
Rui Rijo, Ricardo Martinho, Adicinéia Aparecida Oliveira, Domingos Alves, Zilma Silveira Nogueira Reis, Cátia Santos-Pereira, Manuel E. Correia, Luís Filipe Antunes, Ricardo João Cruz-Correia. © 2020. 19 pages.
The proliferation of electronic health (e-Health) initiatives in Brazil over the last 2 decades has resulted in a considerable fragmentation within health information technology...
Software Evaluation From the Perspective of Patients and Healthcare Professionals
Software Evaluation From the Perspective of Patients and Healthcare Professionals
Rui Pedro Charters Lopes Rijo, Domingos Alves. © 2019. 14 pages.
Healthcare software evaluation is a complex process. Specifically, in the health information systems, focusing on the patients' health and on the healthcare...
Software Evaluation From the Perspective of Patients and Healthcare Professionals
Software Evaluation From the Perspective of Patients and Healthcare Professionals
Rui Pedro Charters Lopes Rijo, Domingos Alves. © 2018. 12 pages.
Healthcare software evaluation is a complex process. Specifically, in the health information systems, focusing on the patients' health and on the healthcare...
Encyclopedia of E-Health and Telemedicine
Encyclopedia of E-Health and Telemedicine
Maria Manuela Cruz-Cunha, Isabel Maria Miranda, Ricardo Martinho, Rui Rijo. © 2016. 1145 pages.
Patients and medical professionals alike are slowly growing into the digital advances that are revolutionizing the ways that medical records are maintained in addition to the...
GuiMarket: An E-Marketplace of Health and Social Care Services
GuiMarket: An E-Marketplace of Health and Social Care Services
Maria Manuela Cruz-Cunha, Ricardo Simoes, Isabel Maria Miranda, Ricardo Martinho, Rui Rijo, Luís Ferreira. © 2016. 13 pages.
Text Mining Applied to Electronic Medical Records: A Literature Review
Text Mining Applied to Electronic Medical Records: A Literature Review
Luís Pereira, Rui Rijo, Catarina Silva, Ricardo Martinho. © 2015. 18 pages.
The analysis of medical records is a major challenge, considering they are generally presented in plain text, have a very specific technical vocabulary and are nearly always...
Games Improving Disorders of Attention Deficit and Hyperactivity
Games Improving Disorders of Attention Deficit and Hyperactivity
Andreia Espírito Santo, Rui Rijo, João Monteiro, Inês Henriques, Ana Matos, Carina Rito, Paulo Costa, Luís Marcelino. © 2014. 15 pages.
In Portugal, there are between 35 000 to 75 000 children suffering from Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. The need to act prominently in children with these disorders...
A New Approach for Schematics for Public Transport Spider Maps
A New Approach for Schematics for Public Transport Spider Maps
João Tiago Ribeiro, Rui Rijo, António Leal. © 2014. 21 pages.
This research aims to create a new approach for spider maps production that results in a fast and automatic method having as input only network location data. Schematization task...
Information Systems and Technologies for Enhancing Health and Social Care
Information Systems and Technologies for Enhancing Health and Social Care
Ricardo Martinho, Rui Rijo, Maria Manuela Cruz-Cunha, João Varajão. © 2013. 421 pages.
Technology continues to benefit different aspects of our society. As such, the health and social care field has begun to utilize these advantages towards improvements in health...
Multiple Approaches to the Diagnosis of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
Multiple Approaches to the Diagnosis of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
Rui Rijo, Ricardo Martinho, Xiaocheng Ge. © 2013. 14 pages.
Studies indicate that about 3-7% of school-age children have attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). If these disorders are not diagnosed and treated early, its...
Games Improving Disorders of Attention Deficit and Hyperactivity
Games Improving Disorders of Attention Deficit and Hyperactivity
Andreia Espírito Santo, Rui Rijo, João Monteiro, Inês Henriques, Ana Matos, Carina Rito, Paulo Costa, Luís Marcelino. © 2012. 15 pages.
In Portugal, there are between 35 000 to 75 000 children suffering from Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. The need to act prominently in children with these disorders...
Information Systems Projects In Contact Centers
Information Systems Projects In Contact Centers
Rui Rijo, João Varajão, Ramiro Gonçalves. © 2011. 15 pages.
Over the past decade, Contact Centers have experienced exceptional growth. In UK and USA Contact Centers employ about three percent of the working population. Contact Center’s...
Network Mobility and Mobile Applications Development
Network Mobility and Mobile Applications Development
Rui Rijo, Nuno Veiga, Silvio Bernardes. © 2011. 15 pages.
The use of mobile devices with possible connection to the Internet is increasing tremendously. This mobility poses new challenges at various levels, including hardware, network...
Contact Centers: Tool for Effective E-Business
Contact Centers: Tool for Effective E-Business
Rui Rijo. © 2011. 18 pages.
Often, small and medium enterprises consider the possibility of creating their own contact centre as a tool to improve the customer service. They pose some important questions...
International Journal of E-Health and Medical Communications (IJEHMC)
International Journal of E-Health and Medical Communications (IJEHMC)
Joel J.P.C. Rodrigues. Est. 2010.
The International Journal of E-Health and Medical Communications (IJEHMC) focuses on theories, systems, methods, algorithms, and applications in healthcare, biomedicine...
International Journal of Web Portals (IJWP)
International Journal of Web Portals (IJWP)
Mehdi Khosrow-Pour. Est. 2009.
Web portals are one of the most important components in the context of business integration. The International Journal of Web Portals (IJWP) is a high-quality refereed journal on...