Fondazione I.R.C.C.S. Policlinico San Matteo
Experts
Oncology Department
Dietetics and Clinical Nutrition
High Intensity Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation
Other Departments
Cardiothoracovascular Department
Learning Resources
Trainings: Training and Skills Development
Primary purpose: To organize training events for employees and external professionals, and to create a register of external teachers for teaching positions within training projects.
Target audience: Employees of the hospital, and in some cases, external professionals.
Access Information: Information [2].
Classes: Hospital School
Primary purpose: To ensure that hospitalized children and adolescents have the right to education by providing a "hospital school" system, allowing them to continue their studies while receiving medical care, thereby maintaining a sense of normalcy, identity, and continuity.
Target audience: Hospitalized children and adolescents.
Access Information: Information [3].
Novel Therapies and Diagnostics Methods
Diagnostics
| Radiology | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Type | Name | Availibility | Uses per year |
| Machine | CT scanners | Yes | |
| Machine | MRI (specify the strength and field of the techniques) | Yes | |
| Machine | Mammography (please specify analogic mammography or digital) | Yes | |
| Machine | Ultrasound | Yes | |
| Technique | Ultrasound-Guided Transcutaneous Tru-Cut Biopsy (USGTCB) | Yes | |
| Technique | Stereostatic biopsy | Yes | |
| Technique | Ultrasound guided biopsy | Yes | |
| Technique | EBUS-TBNA | Yes | |
| Technique | E/S Fine-needle biopsy | Yes | |
| Technique | Vacuum-assisted breast biopsy (VABB) | Yes | |
| Technique | Angiography | Yes | |
| Nuclear Medicine | |||
| Type | Name | Availibility | Uses per year |
| Machine | Pet Scan | Yes | |
| Machine | PET CT | Yes | |
| Machine | SPECT | Yes | |
| Technique | Bone scintigraphy | Yes | |
| Pathology | |||
| Type | Name | Availibility | Uses per year |
| Machine | Electron microscopy | Yes | |
| Technique | FISH (Fluorescence In Situ Hybridization) | Yes | |
| Technique | Cytometry | Yes | |
| Technique | Liquid biopsy | Yes | |
| Technique | Cytogenetics | Yes | |
| Pathology: Molecular Tests | |||
| Type | Name | Availibility | Uses per year |
| Technique | PGR | Yes | |
| Technique | KI-67 | Yes | |
| Technique | PI3KCA | Yes | |
| Technique | KRAS | Yes | |
| Technique | BRAF | Yes | |
| Technique | EGFR | Yes | |
| Technique | HER2 status | Yes | |
| Others | |||
| Type | Name | Availibility | Uses per year |
| Technique | Bronchoscopy | Yes | |
| Technique | Colposcopy | Yes | |
| Technique | Colonoscopy | Yes | |
| Technique | Vulvoscopy | Yes |
Treatment
| Surgical Oncology | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Type | Name | Availibility | Uses per year |
| Specialist | Breast surgery | Yes | |
| Specialist | Urological surgery | 10 | |
| Specialist | Thoracic surgery | 2 | |
| Specialist | Digestive surgery | 10 | |
| Specialist | Neurosurgery | 10 | |
| Specialist | Head and neck surgery | Yes | |
| Specialist | Soft tissue surgery | Yes | |
| Specialist | Orthopaedic surgery | Yes | |
| Specialist | Oncoplastic surgery | Yes | |
| Specialist | Paediatric surgery | Yes | |
| Technique | Robotic surgery | Yes | |
| Radiotherapy | |||
| Type | Name | Availibility | Uses per year |
| Machine | Linear accelerators | Yes | |
| Machine | Linear accelerators with IMRT/VMAT | Yes | |
| Machine | Linear accelerators with SBRT/SRS | Yes | |
| Technique | Intraperitoneal chemo-hyperthermia ( HIPEC) | Yes | |
| Technique | Stereotactic radiotherapy | Yes | |
| Technique | Chemoembolization | Yes | |
| Hemato-Oncology / Bone Marrow Transplants | |||
| Type | Name | Availibility | Uses per year |
| Facility | Transfusion Unit | Yes | |
| Technique | Allogenic stem cell transplants | Yes | |
| Technique | Autologous stem cell transplants | Yes | |
| Specialists | |||
| Type | Name | Availibility | Uses per year |
| Specialist | Physician with a specialisation in palliative care | 2 | |
| Specialist | Nurse with a specialisation/certification in palliative care | Yes | |
| Specialist | Physician specialised in pain treatment | Yes | |
| Specialist | Neurologist | Yes | |
| Specialist | Lung physician | 14 | |
| Specialist | Radiotherapist | 6 | |
| Specialist | Psychologist or Psychotherapist | Yes | |
| Specialist | Pharmacist | 10 | |
| Specialist | Social worker | Yes | |
| Specialist | Spiritual care | Yes | |
| Specialist | Physiotherapist | Yes | |
| Specialist | Dietitian | 10 | |
| Others | |||
| Type | Name | Availibility | Uses per year |
| Machine | Endoprosthesis | Yes | |
| Technique | Rigid Bronchoscopy | Yes | |
| Facility | Clinical Trial Center | Yes | |
| Facility | Phase 1 Clinical Trial Unit | Yes |
Palliative Care
| Palliative Care | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Type | Name | Availibility | Uses per year |
| Facility | Hospice unit (in the hospital structure or affiliated) | Yes |
Associations List
Primary purpose: The website provides a list of the active patient associations in the hospital.
Access Information: Information [4].
Resource: Religious Service
Primary purpose: To provide religious and spiritual support to patients and hospital staff through chaplaincy services, including regular visits to the sick, administering sacraments, and holding religious ceremonies.
Access Information: Information [5].
Resource: Cultural and linguistic mediators
Primary purpose: To facilitate communication for foreign patients by providing interpreters when requested by the Nursing Coordinator.
Access Information: Information [6].
Facility: Police Station
Primary purpose: To provide security and law enforcement services within the polyclinic's Accident and Emergency Department, ensuring a safe environment for patients and staff.
Access Information: Information [7].
Facility: BibLions Library
Primary purpose: To offer a dedicated library space for patients, families, medical professionals, and staff at the Polyclinic, aiming to support information access, education, and cultural enrichment for those within the hospital.
Access Information: Information [8].
Facility: Internal Bus
Primary purpose: To provide a public minibus service (Line 9) that connects the external car park to the main entrance of the Policlinico, facilitating convenient transportation within the facility.
Access Information: Information [9].
EHDEN Participation
The Fondazione I.R.C.C.S. Policlinico San Matteo is part of the EHDEN Network of Data Partners.
The European Health Data and Evidence Network (EHDEN) aims to standardize European health data using OMOP-CDM to facilitate research. The project creates a federated network of data sources for easy access by researchers and policymakers. Its goal is to improve healthcare outcomes through better data quality and interoperability.
Primary purpose: To collect and integrate multi-disciplinary healthcare data for comprehensive patient care and research.
Type of information: The database contains detailed information ranging from admissions and outpatient services to lab results and emergency room visits, coded with ICD9 and structured for various medical fields.
Data level: National level.
Number of records: Unknown.
Data range: 2021 onwards.
Open Data Access: Data is not publicly available. Instructions for data request [10].
Contact information: Contact [11].
