RESEARCH IN HEALTH

The Cova da Beira Hospital Centre has a structure created to develop a policy of incentive to the growth of research projects, the Clinical Research Centre.

Fomenting scientific and technological knowledge is an ever-present objective, to do more and better Research, to promote more and better Innovation.

Establish and enhance partnerships with Research Organisations, with emphasis on the Faculty of Health Sciences of the University of Beira Interior, coordinating know-how and experiences as instruments of improvement of the actual health system.

Always respecting ethics and deontology, as well as good clinical practices, the Cova da Beira Hospital Centre seeks to add value to Research activities, and has prepared a research development plan for 2014 in various areas, with emphasis on Quality and Security, Cardio and Cerebrovascular Disease, Telemonitoring and Telemedicine, among others.