Fujifilm Italia doubles and launches Fujifilm Healthcare Italia
Kai Fukuzawa holds the role of president of the board of directors of Fujifilm Italia and Fujifilm Healthcare Italia
Upb on Healthcare: 219 million redistributed between the Regions with a new distribution system
According to the PBO, the criteria envisaged by the new system for allocating national healthcare needs generated a redistributive impact between the Regions of 2023 million euros in 219, but the reward quota reduces the transparency of the mechanism
Strike 8 March: schools, healthcare and transport at risk. Trenitalia warns: “Possible cancellations and delays”
On the occasion of International Women's Rights Day, workers from various trade unions cross their arms for almost 24 hours. Here's who stops and who doesn't
General strike on Friday 23 February against the war in Gaza. Transport, school and healthcare: which services are at risk
24-hour strike throughout Italy to stop the war in Gaza: immediate request for a ceasefire and withdrawal of Israeli troops from the Strip. But which sectors are involved? Here are all the details
Wars, climate, epidemics: the World Health Organization calls out governments
At least 1,5 billion dollars are needed to address major health emergencies due to international conflicts, weather events and expanding viruses. WHO on the front line
Intestinal microbiota: an interactive dictionary like a journey into the mysteries and benefits of our digestive system
The dictionary created by Wellmicro, which can be consulted for free online, allows you to deepen your knowledge of the fundamental functions of the microbiota on the well-being of our organism. How to fight all those microorganisms found inside our digestive system, such as bacteria, viruses, fungi…
Doctors' strike today 18 December 2023, health services at risk for 24 hours: here's who's stopping and why
The 24-hour strike of doctors and veterinarians from local health authorities and hospitals is underway: 25 thousand surgical operations at risk - The unions are threatening a 48-hour strike in January
National strike for doctors and nurses on 5 December: visits and services at risk for 24 hours, here is all the information
Massive participation in the national strike of doctors, nurses and healthcare personnel is expected - Ordinary activities are at risk, here's everything you need to know
Health: cancers are more than 50% avoidable but in Italy they kill 180 thousand people a year. This is why prevention is crucial
"Prevention is revolution" is the new book, published by il Mulino, by Silvio Garattini, founder and president of the Mario Negri institute, of which we publish some extracts courtesy of the author
Transport, trains, taxis and schools: here's who is striking (and who isn't) Friday 17 November 2023
The injunction signed by Minister Salvini reduced the transport strike to 4 hours, but remains 8 hours for the other sectors. Here's who's going on strike and when
Maneuver, Giorgetti: “Possible downward correction in growth. Interest on debt at 4,6% of GDP in 2026"
Minister Giorgetti closes the hearings on the maneuver and attacks the central banks who "create uncertainty". On the debt "signals have been sent that the markets have appreciated" - Strong comments from the UBP on decontribution and healthcare
Healthcare, appointing a doctor as Minister of Health is not the wisest choice
The national health system is collapsing and the health minister Schillaci seems to have disappeared into some faded page of the government's notes - But, more than a doctor, at the helm of the health ministry we need someone, using adequate...
Healthcare, does Minister Schillaci really exist or is he a ghost? Shock therapy would be needed but we are in hot clothes
There is a lack of doctors and nurses, the waiting lists are unworthy of a civilized country, prevention is an optional, investments are insufficient: Italian healthcare, as Professor Garattini says, needs a real "revolution" but the minister of …
Declining healthcare spending: management and human resources are the weak points, not the beds. Studio Intesa Sanpaolo
An Intesa Sanpaolo report analyzes healthcare spending in Italy: it is decreasing as a percentage of GDP. Healthcare is behind more in modern management solutions than in beds. The problem of doctors. Pnrr: many doubts emerge about…
Pensions and healthcare, spending is growing but Italy is split in half. The Welfare Italy Report makes 4 proposals
According to the report of the Think Tank "Welfare, Italy", social security spending will absorb more than half of the resources, i.e. 50,3% of total social spending, followed by healthcare spending (21,5%), spending on social policies (16,9%) and spending on education…
Bari Polyclinic, the former director of the emergency room, fined for excessive overtime during the Covid period, now writes to Mattarella
The former director of the emergency room of the Bari polyclinic received over 27 thousand euros in fines for having worked overtime together with his staff during the Covid period, exceeding the number of hours required by law and…
Maneuver: inheritance tax increase ticks. Government does an about-face on healthcare: 3 billion more
The Maneuver Package will arrive in the Council of Ministers on Monday. The government is thinking about tweaking the succession, so far a bogeyman of the centre-right - Here are all the measures and deadlines in sight
SOS Healthcare: alarm from Mattarella and the Governors against the cuts in the budget maneuver
In the Nadef, the health expenditure to GDP ratio is expected to fall to 6,6% in 2024 and 6,1% in 2023. President Mattarella: "Healthcare heritage to be defended", outcry among governors
Contract for medical, veterinary and healthcare managers: agreement signed at Aran. Here are all the increases
Agreement reached between Aran and the trade unions. The contract refers to the three-year period 2019-2021. Average increase of 289 euros per month for 13 months and arrears of between six thousand and ten thousand euros. Text now under examination by the Ministries…
San Donato Group goes shopping in Poland: agreement for the acquisition of Ahop
The privately owned healthcare company strengthens itself in the cardiovascular care sector and further strengthens its position as a leader in the European healthcare sector
Summer: appeal not to crowd emergency rooms. However, high temperatures accentuate many pathologies
Access to emergency rooms increased due to the effects of high temperatures. Appeal of the hospitals. The problem of general practitioners
Public appointments: spoils system arriving at the top of Health and Culture
Time of spoils system and appointments also for health and cultural heritage. From Healthcare, all the technicians who provided advice to the Conte and Draghi governments during the pandemic. While Minister Sangiuliano wants to reorganize the Mic…
Biotechnologies push Italian industry. Enea does the math: 13 billion in turnover, a rapidly growing sector
Biotechnology has almost 14 employees and growing turnover. These are the data from the Enea-Assobiotec report on a sector with enormous potential
Health and climate: the European conference in Budapest from 5 to 7 July. New spending commitments for prevention?
For the seventh time, the representatives of European governments meet to share the WHO standards. Will European health spending increase to protect citizens?
Healthcare: between flight of doctors and lack of funds, hospital alarm. The Zero48 case: CT scans at risk for cancer patients
The national health system is increasingly in difficulty: Anaao raises the alarm on the ever-increasing outings of doctors. In Latina, the case of the oncological department short of funds for CT scans
Region, Assolombarda and Confindustria Lombardia: a new public-private pact on life sciences
An agreement has been signed between the Lombardy Region and Lombard businesses to support the growth of the regional social and health system in favor of the quality of care and assistance: here are the details
Healthcare, here's how Italians would like it: an analysis by the Observatory of Public Accounts on the Ipsos Survey
But what reforms does the NHS really need? What are the perceptions of Italians on the NHS? What health care would they like for the future? These are the questions that the Observatory for Italian Public Accounts tries to answer with an analysis of…
Invesco survey: passion, interest and fears for finance have no age
The survey commissioned by Invesco and conducted by Bva-Doxa involved 800 people belonging to 4 different generations
Growing private healthcare: San Donato, San Raffaele and Humanitas first for revenues. Profitability in recovery
According to the Mediobanca Research Area report, a 2022% increase in revenues is expected in 4. The turnover of the major private operators is growing in 2021: +15,2% on 2020 and +6,3% on 2019
Eurizon takes control of Zaffiro and enters the health sector: residences for the elderly, in strong expansion
Eurizon Capital Sgr acquires 55% of Zaffiro and enters the healthcare sector. Management will remain with Gabriele Ritossa who will rise to 45%
Healthcare, doctors against Calderoli's differentiated autonomy: it is a road with no return that undermines the NHS
Healthcare among the sectors most affected by the Northern League bill. After the family doctors, five other Associations denounce the risks for the national health service.
Upb on territorial health: the PNRR is a great opportunity but the reform has 3 sore points
According to the Parliamentary Budget Office (UPB), local health care is a crucial point for reorganisation. thanks to the funds of the PNRR, the entire National Health Service but the reform raises more than one doubt
Italian healthcare, the pandemic forces us to rethink it: here's how. The economist Levaggi speaks (SIEP)
INTERVIEW WITH ROSELLA LEVAGGI, President of the Italian Society of Public Economy (SIEP) and professor of Health Economics at the University of Brescia. "The pandemic has changed the order of healthcare priorities and highlighted the central role of the public" - Hospitals, waiting lists, intramoenia,…
Drones: first flights to transport blood for analysis
The first transport of untested blood samples to Italy using drones was perfectly successful. A step forward for the creation of an airspace dedicated to drones
Lazio regional elections: economic growth slower than in Northern Italy
The last week of the electoral campaign opens in Lazio. Between lights and shadows, the Region's economy is doing better than expected but is still seriously lagging behind on health care and waste
Hospitals: not always small means inefficient. Watch out for health geopolitics
The Italian health revolution, invoked by Professor Garattini on FIRSTonline, cannot fail to take into account Italy's geographical diversity and cannot ignore health geopolitics
Regional elections and the economy: Lombardy shines in Europe for GDP and exports, but is seriously lagging behind in terms of health and the environment
Lombardy, which will go to the vote next Sunday, brings to the next junta a dossier made up of growth and exports among the first in Europe. But also gaps in health and the environment
Healthcare, Garattini's revolution: more prevention, less classism and a stop to intramoenia
INTERVIEW WITH SILVIO GARATTINI, founder and president of the Mario Negri Institute and internationally renowned pharmacologist - "Faced with the pandemic, the Italian health system has held up but has revealed its structural weaknesses and its unbearable classism" - Hospitals…
EU label on the risks of wine: for the nutritionist it is a matter of individual responsibility, informing is never wrong
Stefano Filipponi, nutritionist at the Endocrinology department of the Cisanello hospital in Pisa. he intervenes in the debate on EU labels. It is not a ban but information that makes the consumer responsible for a conscious use of wine, as happened for…
Alzheimer, ENEA and the Santa Lucia Foundation together for the "DTA" project: the intermediate results are promising
The research project on Alzheimer's "DTA" involves researchers from ENEA and the Santa Lucia Foundation using funds provided by the Lazio Region, allocated by the European Union. At the halfway point, one of the main objectives can be said to have already been achieved: the quantification of…
Healthcare spending still on the rise, but less than inflation: report by the Public Accounts Observatory
The 2023 Budget law increased the resources for the NHS by 4 billion, but the increase in funds in recent years cannot cover inflation
Transport strike on Friday 2 December: buses, metro, trains and planes at risk. Times and modalities, here are the details
Unrest is also expected in some sectors of the school and health sector. Times and methods vary from city to city. Here's what you need to know about the strike on Friday 2 December
Assolombarda: Lombardy is the center of the life sciences chain in Italy
The results of the research "The relevance of the Life Sciences Supply Chain in Lombardy and in Italy" conducted by Assolombarda were presented today as part of the Milan Life Sciences Forum 2022. The document reaffirms the relevance of the sector in this historical moment and certifies…
Covid: the government swerves, Mattarella calls him back, the minister between two fires. In the balance the masks in the hospital
The first moves on healthcare by the Meloni government cause discussion and on Monday 31 they will be at the center of the Council of Ministers: masks or not in hospitals?
Tim Foundation: donation of 300 euros to the Umberto I Polyclinic for a new Oncology Centre
The new structure will be the point of reference for all clinical-assistance activities for patients and for research and teaching projects of the Faculty of Medicine of the Sapienza University of Rome
Healthcare, Upb: Covid hits the budgets of Italian hospitals. Revenues down, costs up
According to a Focus by the Upb, the cost-revenue gap has gone from around 360 million in 2019 to more than 3,2 billion in 2021 – NHS personnel numbers are rising
Banco Bpm: 30 million euro loan to Casa della Salute to support growth plan
The funds will be used to support the growth plan of Casa della Salute, which in the coming months foresees the opening of numerous new structures in Liguria and Piedmont
Train strike on Friday 9 September from 9 to 17. Schools, health care and the Public Administration also stop
Possible repercussions on trains even beyond the time of the mobilization, warns Trenitalia - For the other strikes, given the reasons, the participation rate is very uncertain
Public employees arrears: from nurses to municipal employees, here is the "treasure" on the way
The arrears for civil servants are about to arrive with sums reaching up to 3-4 thousand euros. Here's who will receive them and when
Amazon focuses on home medicine and targets Signify Health
The giant led by Jeff Bezos would be among the possible buyers of the company specializing in home health services. Final offers by September 5th
Bassetti, an infectious disease specialist, is not a candidate but is "ready to be Minister of Health" and shoots zero at Speranza
The famous Genoese infectious disease specialist, Matteo Bassetti, does not seem willing to stand for election but says he is ready to become Minister of Health if offered and criticizes Minister Speranza
Healthcare, Upb: "Pnrr investments are useful for smoothing out some critical issues, but they are not enough"
In a focus, the Upb underlines that the Pnrr could be useful above all for territorial health care, "but other aspects will have to be addressed differently"
Telemedicine: from 2,8 billion Pnrr for digital innovation, the Health&BioTech summit in Rome
The Health&BioTech summit was an opportunity to underline the importance of digitizing the healthcare system, especially given the new possibilities offered by the Pnrr
Amazon focuses on healthcare: after vaccines, it announces the purchase of One Medical for 3,9 billion dollars
Amazon has offered $18 a share, all in cash, to acquire the company that owns 188 clinics and operates digital care services
Digital health, Cdp Equity invests in the GPI: capital increase of 140 million
The operation will take place through the subscription of a tranche of 70 million euros of a capital increase of 140 million in total
Fujifilm: heaven enters the hospital room with the Breath project
The international giant together with the architect Filippo Tainelli will make patients and professionals live experiences that involve all the senses. To restore humanity to mankind
Poste Italiane buys 70% of the Marconi family's Plurima healthcare logistics company
Through a subsidiary, Poste will hold 70% of Plurima's share capital, while the remaining 30% will remain with the Marconi family
Health expenditure: before Covid it was slowing down throughout the G7
According to an analysis by the Observatory on Italian public accounts, between 2011 and 2019 the ratio between health expenditure and GDP grew at a much slower pace than in previous decades: here's why
Consip: the second tender for digital health is underway
For a value of approximately 540 million euros, the objective of the tender is to guide the development of integrated services of the territorial health network - The deadline for submitting offers is 31 January 2021
Fatebenefratelli: Del Vecchio on the field for the Roman hospital
A joint venture is born between the Leonardo Del Vecchio Foundation and the Vatican's Catholic Health Foundation to revitalize the historic hospital on Rome's Isola Tiberina which was at risk of bankruptcy
Healthcare: the first Consip tender for hi-tech devices is underway
The initiative provides for the purchase of hi-tech hospital equipment, almost 50% of which reserved for purchases by the Public Administration financed through Pnrr funds. The agreement is worth 145 million euros with a duration of one year
Generali negotiates with Crédit Agricole to buy La Médicale
Exclusive negotiation started - The company targeted by the Lion is an insurance company aimed at French healthcare professionals
Vodafone and Deloitte set course for digital healthcare
The new alliance aims to accelerate the adoption of digital health solutions through the launch of the "Vodafone Center for Health" with Deloitte. In order to simplify access to digital health and solutions, both for patients and for…
Healthcare, Delta Med acquired by White Bridge
The company, with production plants in Viadana, Brescello and Sondrio, has developed in recent years under the control of Augens Capital, which had acquired it in 2015
Green Pass extended to external staff of schools, universities and nursing homes
The mandatory nature of the certification is widening: for the external staff of the residences for the elderly there is also the obligation to get vaccinated, as has already happened for the employees. Green Pass also for parents who accompany their children to school. Dragons: Coming Soon…
Gino Strada: farewell to the founder of Emergency
Died aged 73, while on holiday in Normandy - Since 1994 his charity has treated 11 million people
Lazio Region, hacker attack with blackmail: national security at risk
Bookings of vaccinations in tilt but for now the Region reassures about privacy and issuing of certifications. The pirates demanded a ransom in Bitcoins. Attack from Germany. The data of Mattarella and Draghi are in the sights: the…
Healthcare, school, industry and compulsory vaccination: Ichino speaks
INTERVIEW with PIETRO ICHINO, labor lawyer and former center-left parliamentarian - "I appreciate the line of gradualness on Draghi's Green Pass" but we must go on - Colossal instead the contradictions of the "Taliban" line of the Privacy Guarantor which "sacrifices the…
Healthcare with many heroes, but the National Service has been betrayed
Despite the sacrifices of many doctors and nurses, the pandemic has revealed the weakness of the political and institutional management of healthcare and its ruinous regional fragmentation, which will require a severe rethinking - Cassese's indictment on the Corriere…
Pa, here is the map of civil servants: they are decreasing but not in the school
The Aran report highlights the sharp decline in civil servants but not in schools - Here is their sector-by-sector distribution
Milanosesto-San Donato: agreement on the sale of the former Falck area
It is here that the new university and hospital center of the Vita-Salute San Raffaele University will be built - Work is expected to start in 2023
Hospitals, the Vatican no longer sells the Fatebenefratelli of Rome
Negotiations for the transfer of the capital's hospital to the Milanese San Donato group chaired by former minister Alfano are skipped - According to L'Espresso, there are two reasons that prompted the Vatican to back down
Boeri: "The State in the field: ok for school and health, less good for the economy"
INTERVIEW with TITO BOERI, director of the Trento Festival of Economics - "Public intervention made sense in a pandemic but now a retreat is needed, especially in the economic sector". "No to a new IRI and the CDP must have a different role". "There…
Italy all in yellow, from 1 June 3 white Regions
Epidemiological curve downhill across the country - Draghi at the Global Health Summit: "We are beginning to see the end of the tragedy, but we need to temporarily suspend patents and increase the export of vaccines" Speranza: "Today Italy will all be in the yellow area "
Covid attacks industry and services: the car is the most affected
X-ray of the Industry Commission of the European Parliament on the effects of the pandemic on the production system: in the first half of 2020 alone, the automotive sector lost 100 billion euros and over one million jobs
Hospitals, the Fatebenefratelli of Rome in the sights of the Milanese
The Milanese San Donato Group of the Rotelli family, owner of various health facilities including the San Raffaele, is negotiating with the Vatican the purchase of the Roman hospital Fatebenefratelli, located on the Tiber Island and famous for some excellent specialties, including obstetrics and…
Healthcare, per capita expenditure: Italy also surpassed by Spain
Northern Europe is better than our country (with the exception of Poland): Iceland doubles us, while Ireland exceeds us by three times - USA, Australia and Japan are also better than Italy
Lombardy mirrors the true nature of the League
The scandal of the regional company Aria demonstrates the managerial incapacity of the Northern League's ruling class. And Piedmont and Veneto are no exception either. And federalism comes out deeply bruised by the health emergency entrusted to small demagogues
Formigoni, CL and Lega: the political origins of the Aria scandal
The failure of the platform starts from afar: the first causes are the Formigonian decades and the subsequent Maroni management, which impoverished local healthcare by cutting hospitals, services and personnel
Media and statistics, beware of the tricks of the numbers
Numbers are important but they must be used with care otherwise you risk giving misleading or even deceptive messages. The case of healthcare expenditure is emblematic. Here are some examples to avoid being fooled
Lombardy: Greetings from Gallera, Moratti advances
The former mayor could become the new regional health councilor, with the prospect of being a presidential candidate in 2023 - The project is Berlusconi's, but Salvini could accept - All agree on torpedoing Gallera, after repeated…
Milleproroghe in CDM: here are all the incoming postponements
The decree extending various deadlines arrives in the Council of Ministers: school, driving license exams, doctors, Alitalia. Here's the news
Healthcare, Banco Bpm finances the Antirion Aesculapius fund
The bank led by Giuseppe Castagna has supported the Aesculapius fund with over 32 million euros for real estate investments in healthcare facilities
Deloitte launches the Health&Biotech Accelerator
Deloitte Officine Innovazione launches the call4startup initiative to identify the best startups/scaleups that respond to new emerging trends in the health and biotech fields - With the aim of enhancing the core business or launching new market solutions
Smart working and mental health: psychological aid tripled
According to International SOS, the multinational that provides health services to companies in 85 countries, "the requests for psychological assistance derived from home working have tripled since the beginning of the pandemic". Here are the reasons.
Healthcare: the State-Regions organizational model needs to be re-discussed
More than 40 years after the establishment of the National Health Service, it is time to take stock of the State-region organizational model and to correct its serious defects by acknowledging the fact that regional autonomy has not guaranteed uniform health protection, as…
Tabacci: "Lombardy healthcare was an excellence with feet of clay"
INTERVIEW WITH BRUNO TABACCI, Member of Parliament elected in Milan, leader of the Democratic Center and former Governor of the Lombardy Region - "It is time for Lombard politics to profoundly rethink its healthcare model, finding a new balance between public and private and…
Covid-19: if economists want to be epidemiologists
Too many economists want to steal the job from epidemiologists by improvising skills they don't have. Indeed, a new term has been coined: epinomics. But Keynes would not have liked the claim. The facts show that without closures, the infections from Covid…
Maneuver in Parliament: news on cashback and health care
After the government's second go-ahead, the budget law arrives in Parliament - In one month it has risen to 38 billion (and 248 items) - Other last-minute measures concern tax relief and fixed-term contracts
Biden, the 7 priorities of the new US president's agenda
Despite Donald Trump's protests and threats, Joe Biden unquestionably won the election - While the economy gasps and the pandemic spreads, the new president will have to face a very harsh reality and he will have to do it very quickly - Here...
The ESM, the shepherdess and the stigma
The economics lesson of those who live off sheep farming on the outskirts of Rome. What is the stigma effect and why this time it could work the other way around if we decide to take funds from the MES
Pharma: covid-19 tests are a business, but fears for the elections in the US
For months, investors have been participating in the search for the Holy Grail, or the vaccine capable of defeating Covid - Big Pharma stocks engaged in the roller coaster ride between hopes and cold showers
Leonardo experiments with drones to transport medical supplies
Transported for over 30 km biological samples and biomedical products with an electrically propelled remotely piloted aircraft. Among the advantages, low ecological and acoustic impact, reduced times and costs.
Von der Leyen: “We need a Union of health. Summit in Italy”
In her first speech on the state of the Union, the president of the European Commission also said that "all countries must have a minimum wage" - Recovery fund: "37% of investments will be allocated to the Green Deal and 20% to…
Healthcare, supertickets on specialist visits and exams abolished
This was announced by Minister Roberto Speranza - Resources also to the Regions that have already abolished the additional 10 euro tax - From 1 September, the 10 euro tax will no longer be paid on specialist visits and diagnostic tests
Enpam: in 2019 record accounts for the Doctors' Fund
The pension fund for doctors and dentists in 2019 recorded 1,7 billion profits, while shareholders' equity amounted to over 22 billion euros - Significant share of financial investments - Measures due to the Covid impact
Dogs and cats: their health becomes a business
The pet economy is increasingly attractive for medicine manufacturers and for the asset management industry which is driving investments in veterinary healthcare. With excellent returns on capital for shareholders
Hopeless healthcare: the Minister snubs Mes funds
We have never seen a Minister of Health like Roberto Speranza (Leu), who, in order not to disturb the sleep of the Five Stars, remains indifferent in the face of a mountain of money to strengthen the health system like the ones it offers…
Former mayor Borghini: "Milan will rise again, because it knows how to change"
INTERVIEW WITH PIERO BORGHINI, FORMER MAYOR OF MILAN between the first and second Republic - "Unlike Italy, Milan is reformist and is a butterfly: it learns its lessons and knows how to shed its skin, even if it is now very shaken" -…
#LET'S GET BACK FOR HAND: initiative to start again after the Covid
The Coronavirus emergency has produced negative consequences not only in the economic but also in the social sphere - This is where the initiative of legal and psychological assistance #RIPRENDIAMOCIPERMANO by the Associazione Pronto Soccorso per le Famiglie APS and the Chiesi Group was born, to help the…