During the 1990s, several reforms were initiated in the Italian health care System that were aimed at introducing a managerial culture in the health services environment, similar to what the United States, Great Britain, and other European countries had already done. Thus, health care delivery experienced several changes yielding a higher quality of care, more services for the elderly, an the availability of new technologies. To face the new sociological values, and the demand fro health care services, the role of the nursing staff has become crucial. Therefore, in consideration of the principles of personalization, efficency, quality, and humanization stemming from the reforms of the National Health Care System, the role of the nursing staff must be strenghtened. To the light of the theories of public sector management and case analysis, this article aims at describing Italian nursing in the evolutionary sense, pointing out key factors for a successful collaboration with other health care actors.
The Italian HealthCare Reform: Which Role for Nursing?
VAGNONI, Emidia
2001
Abstract
During the 1990s, several reforms were initiated in the Italian health care System that were aimed at introducing a managerial culture in the health services environment, similar to what the United States, Great Britain, and other European countries had already done. Thus, health care delivery experienced several changes yielding a higher quality of care, more services for the elderly, an the availability of new technologies. To face the new sociological values, and the demand fro health care services, the role of the nursing staff has become crucial. Therefore, in consideration of the principles of personalization, efficency, quality, and humanization stemming from the reforms of the National Health Care System, the role of the nursing staff must be strenghtened. To the light of the theories of public sector management and case analysis, this article aims at describing Italian nursing in the evolutionary sense, pointing out key factors for a successful collaboration with other health care actors.I documenti in SFERA sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
