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Unidade Local de Saúde do Nordeste

Unidade Local de Saúde do Nordeste

Institution Description

The Local Health Unit of the Northeastern EPE (LHUNE, EPE ), a public company of the State sector, was created from the publication of Decree-Law No. 67 of 2nd June 2011, integrating the Hospital Centre of the Northeastern, EPE (Bragança Hospital Unit, Macedo de Cavaleiros Hospital Unit and Mirandela Hospital Unit) and the Cluster of Health Centres of the Northeastern, where all the health centres of the Bragança district were integrated and the Health Centre of Vila Nova de Foz Côa was integrated in 2014 in the Local Health Unit of Guarda, EPE. Covering a territorial area of about 6600 km2, the LHUNE is composed of 3 Hospital Units and 14 Health Centres, one for each county seat, except in Mirandela and Bragança where there are 2 health centres respectively.

Assuming its social responsibility to contribute in a sustainable and humanistic way to the provision of quality health care, LHUNE has invested in a strong training and research empowerment in the health area, guided by the innovation and development dynamics. Cooperation with higher education institutions has been a key lever for the development of synergies, through partnerships that translate into research projects, such as those listed below: "GreenHealth: Digital and biological asset-based strategies to improve well-being and promote green health" (Norte-01-0145-FEDER-000042), "BioFirEx (PCIF/SSO/0017/2018): A biomarker panel for firefighter health and safety surveillance", "PandIA - Management of confinement situations based on municipal and social information", from the AI 4 COVID-19 Project: Data Science and Artificial Intelligence in Public Administration to strengthen the fight against COVID 19 and future pandemics - 2020 (DSAIPA/AI/0088/2020), "Respiratory rehabilitation programme in outpatients with COPD", "SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus infection in Northeast Portugal: developing knowledge and tools for better disease management (NORTE-01-0145-FEDER-072562)", Scientific Research and Technological Development Projects (IC&DT: Test with Science and Solidarity Programme).

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General Indicators
No. of active clinical studies by study type
  • 11
    Active Non-Interventional Studies
No. of initiated clinical studies by study type
  • 2
    Non-Interventional Studies initiated
No. of active non-interventional clinical studies by therapeutic area
No. of active non-interventional clinical studies by sponsor type
  • 8
    No. of publications in indexed journals - last 5 full years
Global Capacity Indicators
  • 429
    No. of available beds in the institution
  • 355
    No. of Physicians in the Institution
  • 735
    No. of Nurses in the Institution
  • 9
    No. of Pharmacists in the Institution
  • 132 389
    No. of Inhabitants covered by the institution
HR Indicators Allocated to Research
Number of people dedicated to clinical research in the institution
  • 9
    Physicians
  • 4
    Managers, Administrative, Legal and Financial
  • 0
    Study coordinators
  • 7
    Nurses
  • 1
    Pharmacists
  • 4
    Diagnostic and Therapeutic Technicians
  • 2
    Healthcare Technicians
General Indicators
No. of active clinical studies by study type
  • 10
    Active Non-Interventional Studies
No. of initiated clinical studies by study type
  • 2
    Non-Interventional Studies initiated
No. of active non-interventional clinical studies by therapeutic area
No. of active non-interventional clinical studies by sponsor type
  • 6
    No. of publications in indexed journals - last 5 full years
Global Capacity Indicators
  • 436
    No. of available beds in the institution
  • 361
    No. of Physicians in the Institution
  • 736
    No. of Nurses in the Institution
  • 9
    No. of Pharmacists in the Institution
  • 132 thousand
    No. of Inhabitants covered by the institution
HR Indicators Allocated to Research
Number of people dedicated to clinical research in the institution
  • 9
    Physicians
  • 4
    Managers, Administrative, Legal and Financial
  • 0
    Study coordinators
  • 6
    Nurses
  • 1
    Pharmacists
  • 4
    Diagnostic and Therapeutic Technicians
  • 2
    Healthcare Technicians

Clinical Research Areas of interest

Clinical Research Areas of interest

  • Coronary Disease and Heart Failure
  • Neurology
  • Hypertension and Cardiovascular Risk
  • Infections associated with healthcare
  • Palliative medicine
  • Mental health
  • Intensive Care
  • Nutrition
  • Respiratory diseases
  • Musculoskeletal Diseases
  • Laboratory medicine
  • Public Health

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Molecular Biology Laboratory_ULS do Nordeste

Molecular Biology Laboratory_ULS do Nordeste

Molecular Biology Laboratory

Molecular Biology Laboratory

Intervention_innovation in the musculoskeletal area

Intervention_innovation in the musculoskeletal area

Formalization of the creation of the Clean Tech Health Center

Formalization of the creation of the Clean Tech Health Center

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