The impact of the 15.5 billion envisaged by the Pnrr for the Health Mission, to reform the National Health Service by 2026 with the innovation of telemedicine, the completion of the electronic health record and the digitalisation of processes to achieve truly digital healthcare , “still presents several challenges to face. The first concerns the lack of digital skills within healthcare organisations, which places Italy in eighteenth place among the 27 EU member states (Desi, 2022)”. This is highlighted by the 36th Eurispes Italy Report, published today.
“The second challenge is the adaptation of health structures and services to the new models and standards envisaged by ministerial decree 77 of 2022, including the definition of the criteria for access, provision and remuneration of telemedicine services – continues the report – A further barrier is ‘digital illiteracy’, as telemedicine has focused mainly on technological devices and not on staff training. This is further aggravated by the lack of fast and uniform connectivity throughout the country.”
“There are three – the report indicates – the main aspects on which the national healthcare system needs to be reformed. Long waiting lists and structural weaknesses at a territorial level: excessive waiting times, as highlighted by the Aiop 2024 report, represent one of the elements of greatest inequality within the healthcare system; the phenomenon of healthcare migration: in 2021 it reached 4.24 billion, a figure significantly higher than that of 2020 (3.33 billion); of turnover: 10% of GP positions remain unfilled, a situation made worse by the fact that a significant increase in retirements is expected. In this sense, 20,000 GPs will retire by 2031, leaving vacant positions that will not exist. compensated by the availability of new doctors”, concludes Eurispes.
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