Mission
The Institute’s Health Directorate is responsible for the oversight, coordination, and governance of all healthcare activities, ensuring that every service adheres to the highest standards of quality, safety, and clinical appropriateness.
In close collaboration with General Management and the operational units, it promotes care pathways that are not only clinically effective but also patient-centered, transparent, and respectful of individual dignity. This approach fosters a model of care based on interdisciplinary collaboration and continuous quality improvement.
Scope of Activities
Torganizing and coordinating clinical activities and healthcare personnel, while promoting training and continuous professional development
- safeguarding patient rights and privacy, with particular attention to the correct application of informed consent
- managing medical and surgical records, ensuring traceability, completeness, and compliance with applicable regulations
- overseeing occupational health and safety in collaboration with the Prevention and Protection Service
- conducting health surveillance activities, with a specific focus on healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) and antimicrobial resistance (AMR)
- leading clinical risk management, including the prevention, monitoring, and analysis of adverse events
- defining and monitoring Diagnostic and Therapeutic Care Pathways (PSDTA) to ensure quality, appropriateness, and continuity of care
- supervising the appropriate use of healthcare resources, as well as accreditation and quality assurance processes
- overseeing diagnostic and laboratory services to ensure effectiveness, reliability, and safety standards
- promoting initiatives in prevention, rehabilitation, social medicine, and health education
The Medical Director also oversees and coordinates the Reception and Service Center (CAS) and the Multidisciplinary Teams (GIC), and chairs key institutional committees, including the Clinical Risk Committee, Medicines Committee, Laboratories Committee, Hospital Discharge Records (SDO) Committee, Pain-Free Hospital Committee, and the Committee for the Appropriate Use of Blood.
Finally, the Medical Director is responsible for the Public Relations Office (PRO).
Contacts
- Secretariat: Tel. +39 011 9933618 – 3112
