Xavier Barreto
Xavier Barreto is the president of the Associação Portuguesa de Administradores Hospitalares (APAH), where he advocates for effective management in Portugal's healthcare system. Recently, he expressed concern over the high turnover rate of hospital administrations and the lack of experience among new appointees, particularly in the context of political influence in healthcare appointments.
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Xavier Barreto, president of the Portuguese Association of Hospital Administrators, discussed the challenges hospitals face in implementing value-based management.
Gerar valor, o pilar transformador de que o sistema de saúde necessita | Conteúdo comercial
Portugal· 2025-11-25
Xavier Barreto highlighted the comfort that home hospitalization provides for patients.
Jornalista do PÚBLICO vence prémio para jovens repórteres | PrémioPortugal· 2025-11-17
Xavier Barreto, president of the Portuguese Association of Hospital Administrators, analyzes the cuts in health and their repercussions.
Cortes no SNS vão prejudicar a saúde dos portugueses? | Podcast P24Portugal· 2025-11-02
Xavier Barreto, president of the Portuguese Association of Hospital Administrators, expresses doubts about the effectiveness of the government's measure to increase payments to service-providing doctors.
Pagar mais a tarefeiros? Uma “solução antiga” que só vai aumentar “injustiças” | SaúdePortugal· 2025-07-10Xavier Barreto alerts that normal surgical production should not be neglected to mitigate waiting times.
SNS fez mais cirurgias, mas houve menos doentes com tempo de resposta garantido | SaúdePortugal· 2025-07-01Xavier Barreto, Presidente da Associação Portuguesa de Administradores Hospitalares, retrata que a implementação do novo modelo está a andar a duas velocidades.
2.º Fórum Saúde + Sustentável traz análise e aponta caminhos | Conteúdo comercialPortugal· 2025-06-01
Xavier Barreto, president of the Portuguese Association of Hospital Administrators, highlighted Delfim Rodrigues' unique career in the National Health Service.
Morreu Delfim Rodrigues, antigo director-geral da Saúde, aos 71 anos | ÓbitoPortugal· 2025-05-16Xavier Barreto, president of the Portuguese Association of Hospital Administrators, emphasized the need for a more structured approach to emergency service closures.
Direcção do SNS divulga dados que mostram menos urgências fechadas em 2024 | Serviço Nacional de SaúdePortugal· 2025-05-11
Xavier Barreto gives the benefit of the doubt and hopes that network management can lead to decisions about closing emergencies in some periods.
Fecho de urgências: Fernando Araújo critica, administradores temem burocracia | SaúdePortugal· 2025-05-02
Xavier Barreto is the president of the Portuguese Association of Hospital Administrators who discussed the varied responses of hospitals during the blackout.
Apagão: antiguidade dos geradores ameaça comprometer resposta de alguns hospitais | ApagãoPortugal· 2025-04-30Xavier Barreto, the president of the Association of Hospital Administrators, advocates for a strategic change to address the closure of emergency services.
Xavier Barreto defende fecho de urgências programado, “não esperar pela falha” | UrgênciasPortugal· 2025-04-19Xavier Barreto is the President of the Portuguese Association of Hospital Administrators (APAH) and is a speaker at the 2nd Health + Sustainable Forum.
SNS, ameaças sanitárias e IA em destaque no 2º Fórum Saúde + Sustentável | Conteúdo comercialPortugal· 2025-04-10Xavier Barreto, the president of the Portuguese Association of Hospital Administrators, notes that there are more doubts than certainties regarding the current health services.
PPP na saúde: há dúvidas sobre o que vai acontecer às ULS. Pizarro fala em propaganda | SaúdePortugal· 2025-03-07
Xavier Barreto is the president of the Portuguese Association of Hospital Administrators.
Hospitais: ministra diz que PSD “não manda” nas nomeações, mas cinco são do partido | SaúdePortugal· 2025-03-03