Ospedali e modelli organizzativi per intensità di cure: il punto di vista dell'internista

Among the physicians responsible for managing complex areas of Internal Medicine in Emilia-Romagna hospitals, organization of medical care on the basis of treatment intensity is generally considered the model most likely to meet the demands of the patients being treated in our hospitals. However, application of this model requires a well-defined organizational method. Levels of medical care and organizational instruments need to be precisely defined within this method. Simple differentiated organization of nursing care is clearly no substitute for an organizational model of this kind.