Role of internal medicine in a new model of hospital: a proposal of Tuscany's FADOI

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Published: 3 May 2013
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BACKGROUND The Tuscany's FADOI society proposes the role of internal medicine in a new model of hospital care. The cornerstones of this new model are the care intensity and the department. We propose that hospital care should be organized so that the patient and his needs represent the core of this care system, in accordance with the idea of the progressive patient care. This aim can be obtained by dividing the hospital's areas for intensity of care and, therefore, going beyond the present model of hospital care, where the patients are treated in specialty divisions. This new model of care may find its own execution within the department. For medical area, the department of medicine undoubtedly offers a strong multidisciplinary integration and favours the organization for intensity of care. The management of a large amount of patients should be left to the internist. In fact, because of his olistic formation, this clinician seems more appropriate than the other specialists to play this role. The specialists will take care of those patients who suffer from disturbances with a strong specialistic characterization, and in other cases acting as consultants.
CONCLUSIONS In Tuscany we can now view various experiences which are trying to experiment this model. Results are encouraging. Starting from these results and greatly believing in them, we offer this contribute to the internists who work in hospital, persuaded to draw from them useful matters for discussion.

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Alessandri, M., Bartolomei, C., Bernardini, M., Landini, G., Laureano, R., Lombardo, G., & Nozzoli, C. (2013). Role of internal medicine in a new model of hospital: a proposal of Tuscany’s FADOI. Italian Journal of Medicine, 1(1), 65–69. https://doi.org/10.4081/itjm.2007.1.65

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