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“Waiting lists cannot be eliminated but must be governed starting from the territory. The sustainability of the National Health System depends on the role of general practitioners and their ability to intercept new needs between the local and hospital areas”. This was said by the regional health councilor, Armando Bartolazzi, speaking at the opening of the 82nd national congress of Fimmg, the Italian Federation of General Practitioners, scheduled until 12 October in Villasimius. Councilor Bartolazzi spoke about the crucial role of general practitioners and once again relaunched a vision strongly based on skills and specialization, a necessary premise for an integrated, multilevel and synergistic territorial model, as envisaged by Ministerial Decree 77.
“Sardinia is a very complex region from an orographic point of view and with a demographic that is increasingly dispersed within the territories. This structural fact is intertwined with the evolution of the medical profession and the related treatment responses towards patients. Today medicine increasingly uses Big Data and technology, intertwining biology and statistics and exploiting the potential of digital”, said the councilor: “It is necessary to make the profession of general practitioner attractive again for young people, not only by providing economic incentives, but also by renewing courses and study subjects. In Europe, specialization courses are done and can be followed part time: that is the direction to follow.”
The common path, traced during the works, is that which provides for the increase in the diagnostic and care intensity of the general medical practice in terms of prevention and taking charge of the complexity, preventing access to first and second level district and hospital services , and lightening the burden on the emergency room. “A family doctor must be able to take care of his client by offering rapid diagnostic tests, electrocardiograms, ultrasounds, x-rays. Only in this way will we be able to relaunch the role of the general practitioner.”
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