- The president of the healthcare group, Alberto de Rosa, talks about the challenges facing European healthcare systems and the need to introduce reforms to provide valuable solutions to citizens
- The Portuguese Council of Ministers approves a decree by which Cascais Hospital will be responsible for the Primary Care of 75.000 citizens. This marks the beginning of a model of comprehensive health management and the transformation of the system.
The Ribera healthcare group and Cascais Hospital presented their responsible and sustainable healthcare model at the Portugal Healthcare Innovation Summit, held yesterday in Lisbon and attended by leading leaders from the Ministry of Health and the Portuguese National Institute of Health.
The president of the Ribera group, Alberto de Rosa, and the CEO, Elisa Tarazona, spoke at the event as representatives of the company that was awarded the management of the Cascais Hospital a year and a half ago, and focused their presentations on the integrated, participatory, predictive, personalized and innovative management model of Ribera, which currently has 13 hospitals, including the one in Cascais, as well as fifteen Primary Care centers and 60 clinics.
De Rosa focused her speech on the challenges facing European healthcare systems, such as waiting lists, ageing, the increase in chronic diseases, the lack of professionals and the essential technological and clinical innovation to improve patient care and monitoring.
New management in Cascais Primary Care
Last week, the Portuguese Council of Ministers approved a decree by which Cascais Hospital will be responsible for the primary care of 75.000 citizens. This decision marks the beginning of a comprehensive health management model and the transformation of the system.
In this context, Alberto de Rosa spoke of the necessary reforms that governments in Europe should adopt to “bet on integrated healthcare, reduce bureaucracy in healthcare and improve flexibility in the management of People, regardless of the management model”. De Rosa gave as an example the courage and good work of Portuguese healthcare managers. “Portugal is an example in the introduction of healthcare reforms and is moving forward in an integrated healthcare model, in which Ribera is a pioneer in Europe, a benchmark for over 25 years and also a case study at Harvard, thanks to its good health results”.
Alberto de Rosa and Elisa Tarazona were joined in the forum by the Chairman of the Board of Directors of Cascais Hospital, José Bento, and the Director of Innovation at this health centre, Dulce Cachata, as well as representatives and managers from the main hospitals, entities and health institutions in Portugal.
