TERAMO. Interventions to reduce waiting lists and overcrowding in emergency rooms were the central themes of the operational meeting held between the regional health councilor, Nicoletta Verìand the strategic direction of the Teramo Local Health Authority.
During the discussion, it was decided, on the advice of the councillor, that, starting from 1 May, the Teramo Local Health Authority will also increase the production of radiological services by extending activities until 10pm. «This measure», explained councilor Verì, «it adds to those already adopted by the Teramo healthcare company. The plans implemented so far, with the economic support of the Region, have, numbers in hand, alleviated citizens’ chronic discomfort regarding access to outpatient and surgical care. However, there still remain critical areas, in relation to which the Teramo Local Health Authority has intended to launch new measures in order to further reduce the waiting times for the use of outpatient services”. Among the various measures already implemented, the last concerns the “SOS waiting list” service, a project developed on regional initiative to take charge of priority class prescriptions. Since the activation of the project, the Teramo Local Health Authority has managed over 300 reports, finding positive solutions to 87% of them. Furthermore, to manage the “drop-out” phenomenon, whereby every day thousands of booking citizens do not show up at the performance event without even canceling, the Teramo Local Health Authority has long structured a Recall service which recovers, every year, thousands of services: between 2021 and 2023 more than 11,000 were recovered. «All this», specified the councilor, «is part of the plans for the recovery of outstanding services financed by the Region during and post-pandemic». Furthermore, in June the ASL will launch a second measure: Emergency Medicine will be established in the rooms adjacent to the Mazzini emergency room. «The emergency medicine department», we read in a note from the Region, «will be open 24 hours a day, with 5 beds, and will be responsible for the management of acute, unstable or potentially evolving patients who require continuous care and assistance. , with dedicated staff. For this reason, hospitalizations can also be short, in any case within 72 hours, awaiting stabilization of the acute pathology and then being referred for hospitalization in a medical or surgical environment.”
