title: Is there a future for clinical laboratories? Experience in the Marche Region, Italy.
abstract: The government of the Marche Region has approved an Act called the "Regional Health Plan" establishing rules for the organization and development of healthcare. The main aim of the general plan is to rationalize the activities of medical laboratories first by making up an inventory of existing facilities and tests performed, and by classifying laboratories on the basis of their specialization and the complexity of tests that they perform.Moreover, the possible role of point-of-care testing and the need for clinical advice by laboratory professionals has also been debated.
authors.affiliation: Regional Agency for Health, Regione Marche, Via Gentile da Fabriano, 3, 60125, Ancona, Italy. a.gardini@regione.marche.it
authors.forename: Andrea
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gardini
authors.forename: Verushka
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Nardi
authors.forename: Francesco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Di Stanislao
authors.forename: Enrico
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Brizioli
authors.forename: Fausto
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Mannucci
authors.forename: Stefano
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Melagrani
authors.forename: Sandro
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Cipriani
authors.forename: Sergio
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Giunta
authors.forename: Clelia
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Perfetti
authors.forename: Luciano
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Quagliarini
authors.forename: Gabriele
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Rinaldi
authors.forename: Paola
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Pauri
authors.forename: Paolo
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Scartozzi
authors.forename: Paolo
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Staffolani
authors.forename: Gianni
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Verlicchi
mesh_terms: D019411:Clinical Laboratory Techniques / Q000592:standards / Q000639:trends; D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000379:methods / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000639:trends*; D006284:Health Plan Implementation; D006801:Humans; D007558:Italy; D007755:Laboratories, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000592:standards / Q000639:trends*; D019095:Point-of-Care Systems / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000639:trends; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000639:trends