The National Health Council has drawn up the report "Towards a Better Health Information System for the People", which aims to be a critical reflection on the health information system in Portugal in 2022.

José Manuel Pereira de Almeida, Vice-Rector of the Universidade Católica Portuguesa (UCP), contributed to this reflection within the framework of the Council of Rectors of Portuguese Universities.

Margarida Gaspar de Matos, a professor at the Faculty of Human Sciences, and Ana Pedroso, a Law alumna at UCP, contributed to drawing up the initial document that was the genesis of the report that is now up for debate and public consultation until 3 August 2024.

Although it is not a technical report, the document brings together and systematises a set of perspectives from different experts in the field, identifying problems and difficulties, but also potential and opportunities for improvement and development.

The report, which makes 11 recommendations, aims to be "a tool for work, critical reflection and a starting point for a debate on how to improve the health information system of the SNS and the health system as a whole in Portugal."

The document, organised into four parts, addresses, for example, the topics of the primary and secondary framing and use of data, the use of health information, information for health system management, and the European Health Data Space.

See the document and take part in the public debate by contributing with your comments