REGGIO EMILIA LOCAL HEALTH AUTHORITY
PARTNERS THAT SHARE INFORMATION
Reggio Emilia Local Health
Authority has a strict mandate for all partners within their ecosystem , to share information .
“ When we acquire any new ICT systems , they have to fully integrate within the pre-existing ecosystem ,” said Marco Foracchia , CIO of Reggio Emilia Local Health Authority .
“ This approach guarantees that any new extension in terms of technologies within our institution is shared . This principle guides every procurement aspect . Every time we buy a new device or new system , we have that in mind . There ' s no way around it - even if it ’ s an excellent piece of technology - if it ' s not possible to integrate it , then we ' re not interested .”
Philips rose to the challenge of opening up and helping Reggio Emilia Local Health Authority manage residual ICT - such as ultrasounds , photographic images and video streams - which needed to be stored .
“ We started the partnership with Philips about eight years ago and it was great to find a company open to the challenge of sharing information . It was visionary from their point of view . They had to go beyond their current technologies but they liked the idea of being open , ingesting several types of information data that no-one wants to manage and sharing it around the Province or to other systems .”
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“ As EHR was started 15 years ago it was very ahead of its time , now it ' s very common to have these personal health records . But for us having this mature type of technology proved very effective during the pandemic as we could communicate electronically with the patient . The availability of this channel of communication between a healthcare institution and a patient to share their personal health record was extremely effective .
“ In the last 15 years we have worked to show clinicians that sharing information through technology was possible and it could help their everyday practice . And
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