Sunday, July 7, 2013

Montefiorino, a House of Health for the mountains - Modenaonline

The exterior of the House of Health

MONTEFIORINO (Modena) – A place where people can find answers to the different needs of health and care services that do not require the use of the hospital, an important point of reference for the mountain area. It ‘was inaugurated yesterday the House of Health “Valli Dolo and Dragone Secchia” which is based in Montefiorino and also serves the towns of Prignano, Palagano and Frassinoro. The Case of health represent a modern solution has already been successfully tested in our province and in Emilia-Romagna, thanks to which it has expanded its range in the area and strengthens the integration between services.
Structure, as well as all the primary care services, the 118 also has a station, operated in partnership with voluntary organizations, to ensure an adequate response to the emergency-urgency on a territory of 280 square kilometers where almost 10 thousand people. The House of health thus becomes a point of reference fo r all health and social services and welfare that do not need a hospital, the emergency management-integrated urgency to take charge of chronic patients and dependents, to the promotion of health of the population through the development of healthy lifestyles.
Inside the House of Health – the fourth activated so far in the province of Modena – operate 8 General Practitioners, 4 doctors to continuity of care, 10 specialists, 5 nurses, a midwife, 2 social workers (OSS), a rehabilitation therapist, 2 administrative workers and a social worker. The structure of the USL of Modena will host, among other things, the testing of the Comply European project whose goal is to develop a technological platform to support the elderly population in medication compliance, which is responsible in adherence to a therapy which helps to keep the health and independence of patients.
Among the specialized activities are also active in a point sampling, Family Counselling Ce ntre, the Centre for Mental Health and clinics of Orthopaedics, Cardiology, Dermatology, ENT (with a new naso-pharyngo-laryngoscope fiber optic), Ophthalmology, Physical Medicine and Geriatrics. Also present Help Centre Limited for dialysis, which will shortly be equipped with a portable blood gas used at the bedside and on self-care. Among the new instruments provided there are also a dermatoscope, a lamp cards and a pulse oximeter.

Into The ribbon cutting

Interventions

costs Palma, President of the Legislative Emilia-Romagna Region
“The House health is a fundamental point of reference for innovate ways to care for citizens, ensuring continuity of care, appropriateness and proximity. Fundamental elements that meet the needs of the patient, enhancing synergies with the doctors of the territory and supporting home care. An organizational model that responds to the appropriateness of care quality, this means avoiding hospitalizations improper post hospital and provide assistance in the area. In short, it focuses on the person, his path to prevention and care. Mansions of health planned in Emilia-Romagna are currently 111, 49 are already active, demonstrating a commitment widespread throughout the territory for an integrated model: on the one hand and on the other with the hospital network with the network of social and health services. “

Emilio Sabattini, President of the Province of Modena
“With the opening of the House health Valli Dolo and Dragone Secchia continue in implementing a strategic choices of the Plan implementing local . And ‘continuing on this road that you begin to lay the foundations of a critical component of health Modena the future. ”

Fabio Braglia, president of the Union of Municipalities Valli Dolo and Dragone Secchia
“For our mountain communities that are physically far away from a hospital, the House of Health will be a strength to give concrete answers to social and health needs of the citizens. The hotel offers a wide range of valuable services, some already existing and new ones, such as projects related to medicine group. This launch represents a significant step forward to bring the citizen the world of healthcare. Although we should not forget that there are also other services such as social worker, giving the city the mountain can turn to a single structure for different health needs and assistance. “

Mariella Martini, CEO of the Health Services Modena
“Start the project of the House health means, first of all, to strengthen a structure that for years has used this mountainous territory, rethinking strongly the organization, to meet the needs associated with the emergence and chronicity, bringing essential services to the places of people’s lives. Among the leading figures of the new organization is important to remember the role played by family doctors, who will work in a more integrated way with nurses to manage more effectively the problems related to chronicity, improving grip in patient load. The management of the emergency-urgency, already above, will be provided by the Health Services staff who will be joined by additional voluntary resources that, for some time, they offer a unique contribution to the territory. “

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