Factsheet for measure
IT-2020-10/1563
– measures in Italy
Telemedicine at IRCSS Ospedale San Raffaele
Telemedicina presso IRCSS Ospedale San Raffaele
Background information
In order to cope with the restrictions imposed to mobility for reducing the spread of the COVID-19 contagion, in March 2020, the private hospital IRCSS Ospedale San Raffaele of Milan started a telemedicine project, which allows patients to contact the hospital's specialists directly online, without having to go to the hospital. The project was launched in collaboration with the platform Welmed.
Content of measure
The new Telemedicine service enables patients to receive Televisits for consults and specialist visits, Teleconsultations between different specialists, accede information service by the medical secretaries of the wards and strengthen patient engagement and continuity of care services. In addition to the advantages deriving from the use of the platform in the peak of the emergency, the system allows greater empowerment and autonomy of the patient, and strengthens networks for rare diseases that require remote communication and multidisciplinary. The project was one of the 17 projects selected by the Politecnico of Milan for its Prize for Digital Innovation in Healthcare 2020.
Use of measure
Currently, the patients enrolled in the service are over 10,000, and the total requests for services about 5,000. Services are available for 441 professionals of the IRCSS Ospedale San Raffaele, including doctors, psychologists and nutritionists, and 40 specialties are represented, among which allergology, gynecology, dermatology.
Contents
Target groups
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Workers
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Businesses
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Citizens
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Does not apply to workers
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Does not apply to businesses
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Applies to all citizens
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Actors and funding
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Actors
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Funding
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Company / Companies
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Companies
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Social partners
Social partners' role in
designing the measure
and form of involvement:
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Trade unions
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Employers' organisations
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Role
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No involvement
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No involvement
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Form
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Not applicable
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Not applicable
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Social partners' role in the
implementation, monitoring and assessment phase:
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No involvement
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Main level of involvement: Company level
Involvement
No involvement
Views and reactions
No information available
Sectors and occupations
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This case is sector-specific (only private sector)
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Economic area
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Sector (NACE level 2)
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Q - Human Health And Social Work Activities
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Q86 Human health activities
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This case is not occupation-specific.
Sources
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16 April 2020: Telemedicina al San Raffaele
(www.hsr.it)
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17 September 2020: 17 finalisti al Premio Innovazione Digitale in sanità del Politecnico di Milano
(www.panoramasanita.it)
