- Alberto de Rosa, president of the healthcare group, talks about the challenges facing European healthcare systems and the need for reforms to provide valuable solutions for citizens.
- The Portuguese Council of Ministers approves a decree by which the Cascais Hospital will be responsible for the primary care of 75,000 citizens. This is a step towards an integrated health management model 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, which took place yesterday in Lisbon and was attended by prominent leaders from the Portuguese Ministry of Health and the Portuguese National Institute of Health.
The president of the Ribera group, Alberto de Rosa, and the managing director, Elisa Tarazona, spoke at the conference 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, participative, predictive, personalised and innovative management model of Ribera, which currently has 13 hospitals, including Cascais, as well as some fifteen primary care centres and 60 clinics.
De Rosa, in particular, focused his speech on the challenges facing European healthcare systems, such as waiting lists, ageing, the increase in chronic pathologies, the lack of professionals and the essential technological and clinical innovation to improve patient care and monitoring.
New management in Cascais Primary Care
The Portuguese Council of Ministers last week approved a decree by which the Cascais Hospital will be responsible for the primary care of 75,000 citizens. This decision is a step towards a model of integrated health management and the transformation of the system.
In this context, Alberto de Rosa spoke of the necessary reforms that governments in Europe should adopt in order to “commit to 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 the Portuguese health authorities. “Portugal is an example in the introduction of health reforms and is advancing in an integrated health model, in which Ribera is a pioneer in Europe, has been a reference for more than 25 years and is also a case study at Harvard, thanks to its good health results”.
Alberto de Rosa and Elisa Tarazona were joined at the forum by the Chairman of the Board of Directors of Cascais Hospital, José Bento, and the Director of Innovation of this health centre, Dulce Cachata, as well as representatives and management managers from the main hospitals, organisations and health institutions in Portugal.
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