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Telemedicine
Let’s redesign primary care for a healthcare system that puts people at its centre.
A new era for Telemedicine in Italy: some examples
Telemedicine is in a new era: it is transforming from an “emergency option”, for the provision of healthcare services during the Covid19 pandemic, into a strategic solution for a healthcare that is closer to people, as envisaged by the Italian Recovery and Resilience Plan with Mission 6, where prevention and territorial care are finally balanced with hospital care.
In this new era, Telemedicine is called to reach a further evolutionary stage whose distinctive and interconnected features are:
The investment planned by the PNRR for strengthening local Telemedicine solutions (i.e., the software adopted by Regional Health Services for the provision of remote clinical and care services) and managing the National Telemedicine Platform aligns with this direction.
Engineering's strategic role: the National Telemedicine Platform and the NRRP
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