Rita Sofia da Silva Veloso graduated in Psychology from the University of Porto in 2004 and completed her master's degree at the same institution in 2020. She is currently a PhD student at the University of Coruña on Information and Communication Technologies. She is currently an executive member of the Board of Directors of Centro Hospitalar Universitário de Santo António. She is a regional ambassador (Portugal) of the Organization HealthManagement.org. In 2020, She joined the International Young Executive Leaders, an initiative of the International Federation of Hospitals. Member of the Health Information Management Working Group of the Portuguese Association of Hospital Administrators. Member of the Advisory Board of the worldwide organization Women in Tech®. She is an Invited Professor of several executive programs and postgraduate courses. Member of the Advisory Board of the NGO “Health 4 Mozambican.”
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Executive Board Member Centro Hospitalar Universitário do Porto Portugal
Being a woman in leadership is a big challenge by itself. When we talk about female leadership in technological fields and healthcare that challenge becomes even greater. Women represent 70% of the 43 million workers in the global health care industry, according to the WHO. Yet, at the executive level, women make up just 25% of healthcare leadership positions. The Glass Ceiling, as shown before,...
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