Partners
COORDINATOR
The Italian Ministry of Health is the central body of the National Health Services; it oversees the healthcare policies definition, health planning and provision to all citizens across the country to ensure fundamental levels of assistance, in terms of universal access and high quality of health services. Within the scope of protection and integrated management of health and social services, as well as the protection of constitutional rights to human dignity and health, the Ministry of Health carries on its functions in protection of human health, coordination of the national health system, veterinary health, protection of health in the workplace, hygiene and food safety.
AFFILIATED ENTITY
Italian Ministry of Economy and Finance – Department of the State General Accounting Office is the owner of the Health Insurance Card System, which includes, among others: the Registry of the patients of the National Health System; the Central Acceptance System (which allows the management at national level of the ePrescription with de-materialisation by means of telematic real-time link of the medical personnel and the healthcare structures prescribing services under the National Health System; the circulation of ePrescriptions between regions and the National Health System; the interconnection with the Ministry of Health’s Drugs Traceability System; the monitoring of the payment of the health expenditure in charge of the citizen); the National Infrastructure for the Interoperability of Electronic Health Records (FSE).
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The Agenzia per l’Italia Digitale (AgID) is responsible for the implementation of the Italian Digital Agenda and represents Italy at EU level in the subjects of its competence. The Agency supports public administrations in their effective adoption and use of ICT, improving quality of services and reducing costs. It identifies and promotes the main principles and rules on interoperability, usability, accessibility to be carried out by PAs in order to implement and sustain in the long-term concrete and shared objectives and actions. It is also in charge of the design and management of IT national strategic projects, such as the development of the national civil registry, the electronic health record (EHR), the electronic invoicing to Italian PA.
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Lombardia Region – General Directorate for Welfare is responsible for healthcare policy design, implementation and delivery to the regional citizens. The General Directorate for Health holds the regulatory and administrative competencies in the healthcare domain, including planning and supplying, quality monitoring and control, appropriateness and efficiency of services. As regional governing authority Lombardia plans its own programming and strategies in prevention area based on effectiveness and sustainability criteria and multi-stakeholders’ approach.
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ARIA S.p.A. – Azienda Regionale per l’Innovazione e gli Acquisti is an IT company totally participated by Lombardia Region. ARIA’s mission is to innovate services and increase the Regional System’s productivity through Information Technology. As Region Lombardia’s IT partner, ARIA designs and implements ICT Systems for the Regional Government. The company’s main projects are development and the provision of the eHealth/Electronic Health Record and e-Gov services within Lombardia Region. ARIA operates the Regional Electronic Health Record, which gathers the clinical documents of 10 million citizens. 95% of the GPs, all public hospitals and Labs, and most of the private health structures.
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Emilia-Romagna Region has a consolidated experience in developing communication and dissemination materials and its operational capacity to carry out these activities by coordinating the other regions involved in the project. The Emilia-Romagna e-health infrastructure is based on the eHealth network called SOLE, the regional Electronic Health Record (EHR) and Personal Health Record (PHR). The SOLE Network is connected to the other Regional EHR system through the National Central EHR Interoperability System (INI). INI is connected to the NCPeH to allow the provision of Cross-Border eHealth Services.
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Lepida ScpA is a subsidiary of the Emilia-Romagna Region and the main operational instrument concerning the implementation of the Regional ICT Plan that defines the strategies of broadband networks, ensures and optimizes the delivery of ICT services, develops cloud infrastructure, implements and manages innovative solutions for the modernization of healthcare paths to improve the relationship between citizens and the Regional Health Service in accordance with the provisions of the European, National and Regional Digital Agendas.
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Azienda Zero is one of the Local Health Authorities of the Veneto Region Healthcare System and it oversees the management of the resources related to the Healthcare system. Health and Social Area of Veneto Region and has the aim to develop and deploy the Regional Plan for Health and Social Services, through the coordination of the activities among the local health authorities composing the Veneto Region Healthcare System especially in the ICT field.
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Friuli-Venezia Giulia Autonomous Region is a territorial public authority with autonomous powers and functions. The Region has a special status with special forms and conditions of legislative, administrative and financial autonomy based on its Statute, on the principles of the Italian Constitution, on the international obligations and European Union laws and on the national interest. Among the most significant areas in which the region has concurrent jurisdiction, there is also the protection of health. In the matter of Health, the State has reserved the determination of fundamental principles and essential levels of assistance (LEA) to be guaranteed throughout the national territory.
AFFILIATED ENTITY
Agenzia Nazionale per i Servizi Sanitari Regionali (AGENAS) is a noneconomic public body subjected to oversight by the Ministry of Health. It carries out the tasks laid down by the existing legislation. It has been re-organized in 2012 and, recently, with the 2018 financial law. AGENAS’ mission of “technical and scientific body of the Italian National Health System carrying out research activities and supporting the Ministry of Health, the Regions and Autonomous Provinces of Trento and Bolzano […]” has been consolidated over the years and is furthermore affirmed in the Agency Statute approved in May 2018. Acting as a link between the central, regional and local level, AGE.NA.S provides technical and operational support to regions and healthcare organizations with regards to organizational, economic, financial aspects and efficacy of health interventions, as well as patient centeredness, quality and safety of care.
ASSOCIATED PARTNER
DTD – Department for Digital Transformation – The DTD’s mission is to ensure the functions of directing, coordinating and stimulating the definition and implementation of programmes, projects, and action plans with regard to the digital transformation of public administration and it will support the project, insuring the promotion of maximum accessibility to technologies for all citizens.