ASL 1 will start on July 1st, on an experimental basis in the Imperia health district, a path aimed at guaranteeing direct access for outpatients with a request for x-rays of skeletal segments with priority B (short 10 days), as already happens for requests for x-rays of the chest, ribs and abdomen. This type of management should help reduce the number of patients accessing the Imperia ER for minor trauma, crowding it and altering the operational flow dedicated to patients with more serious pathologies. This initiative by ASL 1 goes in the direction of reducing waiting lists, especially in the summer period which sees a greater influx of patients in the emergency rooms of the province, also due to the summer holidays. “The will of ASL 1 – explains the socio-health director Dr. Fabrizio Polverini – is to provide a more efficient service to users as well as guaranteeing compliance with waiting times”.
The words of the “dss” are echoed by those of Dr. Roberto Carlo Parodi, director of the complex structure General Radiodiagnostics of the Levante: «We will be able to perform direct access, without reservation, any type of X-ray with priority B from Monday to Friday (9 am – 1 pm). This guarantees rapid times in access to radiological diagnostics for all those patients who may have been victims of minor trauma and/or non-seriously disabling pain symptoms and who, therefore, do not require immediate access to the emergency room. The reporting of the images will take place in a short time without having to make the patients return to collect the exam».
