In the session of the Regional Council of Liguria on 7 July 2022, the proposal of the was approved
We report the Region statement:
EXPERIMENTATION OF CHANGING DOCTORS ALSO IN THE PHARMACY THANKS TO THE COLLABORATION WITH FEDERFARMA, ASSOFARM AND LIGURIA DIGITALE FROM MONDAY 11 JULY
Thursday, 07 July 2022
Genoa. The experimentation of the new service in Ligurian pharmacies will start on Monday 11 July, where it will be possible to change the general practitioner. In today's Regional Council a resolution was approved which, in fact, allows the start of the new service, thanks to the collaboration with Federfarma Liguria, Assofarm and Liguria Digitale.
In addition to the already active channels (Local health offices and online platform), in the 600 pharmacies in the area the new service will be made available in a multi-channel manner, as already successfully tested for the vaccination campaign, for adult citizens registered in the health register of Liguria who they will show up with the most recent health card (TEAM) in their possession.
The change of doctor satisfies an "important" need, just think that in the last year changes made by Ligurian citizens totaled 327,387, of which 24,205 were performed online thanks to the service already made available by Liguria Digitale.
“Lavoriamo – spiega Enrico Castanini, amministratore unico di Liguria Digitale – per raggiungere l’obiettivo indicato dalla Regione Liguria, ascoltando le esigenze delle persone e concertando tutti gli aspetti relativi ai servizi con gli attori coinvolti: Asl, Alisa, medici e farmacisti. Soltanto col gioco di squadra si ottengono risultati concreti e soddisfacenti”.
“La possibilità di cambiare il medico di famiglia in farmacia – dichiara Elisabetta Borachia, presidente di Federfarma Liguria – è una possibilità in più che la rete delle 600 farmacie liguri offrirà ai cittadini. È un servizio che si aggiunge ai molti, innovativi, che abbiamo avviato negli ultimi mesi in accordo con la Regione, nell’ottica di rendere la farmacia un hub con un’offerta all’utenza sempre più ampia, oltre che facilmente raggiungibile. I cittadini potranno cambiare il proprio medico – ma non sceglierlo per la prima volta, se ancora non ne hanno uno – semplicemente presentandosi in farmacia con la propria tessera sanitaria, nel giro di pochi minuti. Semplificazione ed efficienza sono le direzioni su cui stiamo lavorando, lavorando in piena sintonia con le istituzioni e gli altri stakeholder della sanità regionale”.
The necessary requirements to carry out the operation are:
• be of age
• have an active membership in the same Asl where the pharmacy where you want to use the service operates
• have or have previously had a doctor
• have not made a change of doctor through the online platform in the previous 31 days
• do not belong to particular categories
The "doctor change" service is also available online at https://poliss.regione.liguria.it/cittadini/servizio-anagrafe-sanitaria. The page contains detailed instructions for accessing the service, which are shown below:
the "Change Doctor" function allows you to choose a new doctor or a new pediatrician. If at the time of the choice the citizen already has a doctor assigned, this is revoked.
• is registered in the health register
• have or have already had at least one doctor
• is not registered in the Registry of Italians Resident Abroad (AIRE)
• non ha disattivato l’ultima scelta fatta con motivo “Marittimo” o “Navigante” e neanche per “Sospensione per soggiorno all’estero superiore a 30 giorni”
• non ha utilizzato la funzione “Cambio medico” nei 31 giorni precedenti
• has not already made a choice as of that day.
Per la scelta del nuovo medico, il cittadino può definire dei parametri di ricerca (ad esempio la zona geografica di interesse) che gli permettono di visualizzare un elenco di nominativi. All’interno dell’elenco sono inclusi tutti i medici in convenzione e i pediatri, anche con incarico provvisorio, presenti nella zona indicata. Per ogni nominativo sono disponibili inoltre le informazioni su indirizzi e orari degli studi, che aiutano il cittadino nella scelta.
You can select the new doctor's name if:
• has places available
• is not part of a partner study with the current doctor, if the choice is still valid
• is not replacing the current doctor, if the choice is still valid
• non ha già avuto in precedenza in carico quel cittadino e lo abbia “ricusato”
• la sua tipologia (medico di medicina generale o pediatra di libera scelta) è compatibile con l’età dell’assistito.
If one of these conditions is not respected, the name is not selectable.
Once the procedure is complete, the address and hours information of the new doctor is displayed. If necessary, the information can be printed.
SNAMI
CHOICE OF DOCTOR IN THE PHARMACY
IT'S NOT A GOOD IDEA !
ROME 11 JULY 2022-The Autonomous Syndicate comments on the news published in the trade press of the experimentation in Liguria the possibility of changing general practitioners in pharmacies.
There choice of trusted doctor plays an essential role both in the prevention and in the treatment of ongoing pathologies and is an important moment for the citizen who entrusts his health to a healthcare professional who can then decide to change because he no longer satisfies our needs or the relationship has been interrupted of trust. Obviously the doctor can do the same by refusing the patient.
Over the years we have intervened heavily because some unfaithful employee who, instead of aseptically complying with formalizing the patient's indications on the choice of trusted doctor, expressed comments, censures and various indications. If today some pharmacist, who certainly has more power than the ASSL employee, behaved in the same way we will witness a real saga of the tips for shopping .
E’ ora di piantarla – conclude il leader dello Snami – di replace the organizational inefficiencies of the national health system and give in to pressure from third parties. We ask pharmacists to be pharmacists and that's it and we ask them what they would say if the family doctors, for a level playing field, asked and pressed for do you want to experiment with the pharmaceutical dispensary in your own professional studios?
SNAMI National Press Office
Note:
Also in Lombardy it is possible to choose (or revoke) the family doctor and the pediatrician in the pharmacies. This is foreseen in a resolution approved by the regional council on the proposal of the vice president and councilor for welfare Letizia Moratti. It follows the agreement signed by Lombardy region, Federfarma Lombardia and Assofarm Confservizi Lombardia. The service will be active from Tuesday 5 July. (Lombardy news)
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