title: The Paediatric Ambulatory Consulting Service (PACS) program: a role for family pediatricians in the hospital emergency rooms.
abstract: This paper describes the Paediatric Ambulatory Consulting Service (PACS) project, developed by ASL-BT (Azienda Sanitaria Locale, Barletta-Andria-Trani), an Italian regional Public Health Centers network, in response to the current global situation of economic distress.PACS consist in integrating existing public health care services that are independently provided by hospitals and the Primary Care Paediatrics network. It has been developed with the aim to establish innovative yet efficient managerial solutions able to rationalize the resources not weakening the quality of services provided to the population.
authors.affiliation: Federazione Italiana Medici Pediatri (FIMP), Via Parigi, 11 (00185), Rome, Italy. lnigri@tiscalinet.it.|European Paediatric Association, Union of National European Paediatric Societies and Associations (EPA-UNEPSA), Allt. center, Zimmerstraße 69, D-10117, Berlin, Germany. lnigri@tiscalinet.it.|Residency Program in Pediatrics and Pediatric Research Center, University of Foggia, Via Pinto, 1 (71100), Foggia, Italy. lnigri@tiscalinet.it.
authors.forename: Luigi
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Nigri
authors.affiliation: Federazione Italiana Medici Pediatri (FIMP), Via Parigi, 11 (00185), Rome, Italy. piaroger@tin.it.|European Paediatric Association, Union of National European Paediatric Societies and Associations (EPA-UNEPSA), Allt. center, Zimmerstraße 69, D-10117, Berlin, Germany. piaroger@tin.it.|Residency Program in Pediatrics and Pediatric Research Center, University of Foggia, Via Pinto, 1 (71100), Foggia, Italy. piaroger@tin.it.
authors.forename: Ruggiero
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Piazzolla
authors.affiliation: European Paediatric Association, Union of National European Paediatric Societies and Associations (EPA-UNEPSA), Allt. center, Zimmerstraße 69, D-10117, Berlin, Germany. massimo.pettoellomantovani@unifg.it.|Residency Program in Pediatrics and Pediatric Research Center, University of Foggia, Via Pinto, 1 (71100), Foggia, Italy. massimo.pettoellomantovani@unifg.it.
authors.forename: Massimo
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Pettoello-Mantovani
authors.affiliation: Residency Program in Pediatrics and Pediatric Research Center, University of Foggia, Via Pinto, 1 (71100), Foggia, Italy. ida.giardino@unifg.it.
authors.forename: Ida
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Giardino
authors.affiliation: Azienda Sanitaria Locale, Barletta-Andria-Trani (BT), Via Fornaci, 201 (70031), Andria, Italy. m.abbinante@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Micaela
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Abbinante
authors.affiliation: Puglia Region. Department of Health, Social Welfare and Sport, Via Gentile, 52 (70126), Bari, Italy. gorgonister@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Giovanni
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Gorgoni
mesh_terms: D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital; D006801:Humans; D007558:Italy; D010372:Pediatrics; D015980:Public Health Practice / Q000592:standards*; D012017:Referral and Consultation