Riboldi, the foundations have been laid to make healthcare open to all

"We have laid the foundations of a three-year project to overcome the challenge of the waiting list and make healthcare open to all". This is what the Health Councillor said of the Piedmont Region, Federico Riboldi, inaugurating the column weekly '#PiemonteInSalute: news from healthcare' with which intends to update the Piedmontese "on the progress, on the initiatives and on some activities of common interest of the Region. All in 5 minutes! ". Many projects have been started in this first year of activity, according to Riboldi. "We are the first in Italy to schedule visits and exams in the evening, on Saturdays and Sundays, with 65,000 "backlog of performances performed", he says also recalling the "⁠new Single Booking Center integrated with intelligence artificial for faster and more efficient management. The health personnel increased by 1,755 operators and 31 a new competition for 600 places was closed in May. Riboldi also mentions the "⁠final approval and start of the second phase of the clinical, preclinical and experimental research project translational on mesothelioma", the "periodic meetings with the citizenship and the start of biomonitoring for the protection of the health of citizens residing in the area surrounding the chemical hub of Spinetta Marengo"; the "⁠construction plan most impressive health system ever to equip our Region of modern and high-performance healthcare facilities with 11 new Hospitals, 30 Community Hospitals, 91 Community Homes and 43 Territorial Operations Centers for an investment of over 4.5 billion euros"; the "⁠over 300 stakeholders audited for the new Social Health Plan, which was waiting to be rewritten full since 1995"; the "⁠application of new public IRCCS for the valorization of the healthcare excellences present on the our territory and to bring Piedmont to the level of large regions of the north". And again: "the institution of the Territorial Functional Aggregations of Medical Doctors General. First Italian region to approve the reform, now in structuring phase in the Local Health Authorities, which will improve the presence of 'family doctors' on the territory"; the "new Logistics Healthcare for drugs, medical devices and internal in hospitals and workplaces"; the "⁠regional table for the reduction of paid doctors with the aim of cutting 20 million euros of expenditure by the end of 2025"; the "£⁠Task Force to cut unproductive expenses". For safety in the Emergency Departments, investments have been made, says Riboldi, "6 million euros for the bracelets and the "smart video surveillance cameras". They amount to ⁠9 million euros resources for the new Regional Infrastructure of Telemedicine (IRT) for televisit and teleconsultation services, level 1 and 2 teleassistance and telemonitoring. Established the figure of 'Operational Manager of Healthcare Environments' Hospital and Territorial', which takes care of decorum, efficiency and the reception in our hospitals, attention has been paid also to the humanization of the Emergency Departments, concludes Riboldi, with a specific checklist that pays more attention to who is waiting for a visit and the people accompanying them.