REGGIO EMILIA LOCAL HEALTH AUTHORITY
“ The fact that a person can have a CT scan up in the mountains where we have few radiologists and the CT scan is read by a radiologist who is 100km away is a major breakthrough ”
MARCO FORACCHIA CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER ,
REGGIO EMILIA LOCAL HEALTH AUTHORITY
technology for the value behind it - so this must keep costs stable and improve the service . This approach creates a competitive advantage with respect to other healthcare institutions within the same region or at the national level .
“ ICT in the company has evolved to focus on covering a broader number of patients . Italy is a very old country , therefore our main issues tend to revolve around the elderly and chronic diseases created with age and we also have an oncology institute which attracts patients from all over the region ,” he said .
The IRCCS in Advanced Technologies and Models of Care in Oncology of Reggio Emilia is an oncology research centre incorporated into the Reggio Emilia Local Health Authority , which combines a very high level of quality of care with an orientation to translational research activity , clinical and health care in the oncology field .
As the birthplace of the Italian flag , Emilia- Romagna region looks set to emerge from one of the worst health crises in a century with the rollout of their vaccine program and continued focus on data analytics to drive future decisions for the health authority .
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