[Pandemic emergency as a stress test for the health system.] / Emergenza pandemica come stress test per il sistema sanitario.

ABSTRACT

One year after the beginning of the health and social emergency, the health system shows its strengths and weaknesses. Among these, inadequacy of facilities, deficiencies of continuity between hospital and territory, inconsistent information and lack of bidirectional communication between institutions and citizens, uncertainties of data about therapies and the emphasis given to the role of opinion leaders. To get out of the pandemic, a change of perspective is needed governments must not just support industrial investments but must they must encourage better and community-useful research and communication.