Telemedicine, choice of doctor, delivery of drugs and devices at home, administration of vaccines: pharmacies are preparing to experience an important transformation thanks to the recent Simplifications bill, launched at the end of March by the Council of Ministers. The legislative proposal, if approved, will introduce a number of significant changes to the sector. To navigate the numerous new features, Consulcesi Club has created a dedicated guide that can be downloaded online.
The concept of service pharmacy – explains a note – took shape with legislative decree no. 153 of 3 October 2009, which outlined new responsibilities and healthcare functions for public and private pharmacies in agreement with the National Health Service. This new pharmacy model, which goes beyond the dispensing of medicines, stands out for the wide range of services offered, such as the provision of personalized healthcare services complementary to drug therapy, with the aim of improving the health and well-being of the patients. Following this decree, pharmacies began to offer a series of services, including the home dispensing of drugs and medical devices, the preparation and delivery of mixtures for artificial nutrition, as well as making healthcare workers available for services. professionals required by general practitioners. Furthermore, health education services and prevention campaigns have been introduced, as well as self-monitoring services and the insertion of semi-automatic defibrillators.
The list of further innovations contained in the Simplifications bill – telemedicine services, the possibility of choosing a general practitioner among those affiliated with the regional health service and much more – can be consulted in the new Consulcesi Club guide. Among these, the possibility to pharmacies, to stipulate network contracts to join together, maintaining their autonomy, with the aim of pursuing common objectives and increasing their competitiveness on the market. “The new Consulcesi Club places the pharmacist at the center – comments Simona Gori, head of Consulcesi Club – with the aim of keeping constantly updated with the legislative innovations of the profession thanks to the advice of experts in the legal, insurance and training fields”.
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