«Farmacieunite enthusiastically welcomes the recent resolution of the Veneto Region which introduces new activities in the so-called Service Pharmacy, bringing pharmacies further closer to the population and making them evolve into multipurpose centers to support the regional healthcare system». This is what we read in a note issued on Wednesday 22 May 2024. Farmacieunite recalled that the resolution provides «that the pharmacy, already involved in the process of taking care of the patient, becomes a multipurpose healthcare facility for the healthcare system, reserving a priority role for prevention through the possibility of carrying out a series of instrumental tests and more”.
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The services covered by the resolution
Added to this is «the screening of unknown arterial hypertension for the early identification of undiagnosed cases, the screening of unknown hypercholesterolemia for the early identification of undiagnosed cases of hypercholesterolemia, the monitoring of adherence to drug therapy in patients with type 2 diabetes, i.e. support in correctly following their therapy, monitoring and support in the correct use of the drugs prescribed in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), televisits as a remote general medical consultancy service, televisit as a remote specialist medical consultancy service, the electrocardiogram (ecg), cardiac holter and blood pressure holter”.
Resolution step forward for pharmacies
Federico Conte, president of Farmacieunite, observed that this resolution is «a fundamental step forward for the role of pharmacies in the regional healthcare system. The new activities approved by the Veneto Region place the citizen at the centre, expanding the range of services available in pharmacies. Taking care of patients and screening activities will guarantee more complete and integrated assistance and greater diffusion of prevention activities for the most common pathologies. We are happy to contribute significantly to the well-being of the community, offering citizens an increasingly qualified point of reference that is close to their health needs.”
Trust that the population reserves for the pharmacy
The national union Farmacieunite reiterated the trust that the population reserves for the pharmacy and the figure of the pharmacist, as emerged from the research “The relationship of Lombard citizens with the pharmacy and pharmacists”, carried out by The European House – Ambrosetti in collaboration with Swg. According to Conte «Farmacieunite has always supported the pharmacy of services as it offers the possibility of intercepting health needs in the territory with capillarity, bringing social and health services closer to the weakest subjects who very often cannot travel to hospitals or health centers ».
