Publications by authors named "Tiziana Mariani"

In times of economic crisis and a national healthcare system that absorbs more than 7% of the gross domestic product, there is a need to "rethink" healthcare practice. EHealth is part of this process of improving accessibility to services, use of available resources and coordination of program choices, and is an indispensable tool for implementing this cultural and management revolution. How realistic is it, today, to think of implementing a digitalized healthcare practice network? To settle this question is essential for today's national healthcare system.

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The IRT screening test for the use in diagnosing newborns with CF has a high sensitivity but is not very specific resulting in a large number of screened positive infants found to have a normal sweat test. The aim of this study was to analyze the differences in b-IRT levels among different groups of newborns positive to NBS.Population data included all b-IRT positive (>99th centile) neonates born in Lombardia from 2000 to 2007.

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