[frabert]

Every medical interaction is recorded on a nationwide network - at least here in Italy. Every time I go to my doctor and they prescribe me something / they give me a shot / vaccine, it gets recorded and every other doctor can access the same data when I present my "health smart card"

[n0on3]

well, to be honest, this sounds like kind of overselling reality.

There is a system in place that tracks and records some things, like days off prescribed by base doctors, prescriptions for which national care pays and few other stuff, but most of everything else, including charts from when you are admitted in most hospitals and of course whatever you do outside of the public care (which kind of sucks and has insane waiting times, which means you most often do) is not included in that.

So.. nope.

[davidw]

> public care (which kind of sucks and has insane waiting times, which means you most often do)

You should see what it's like in the US.

Italy's certainly not perfect, but faults and all, I'd happily go back to that system from the one we have here in the US.

It does make a difference where you are in both countries, though; in Italy I lived in Padova, where things mostly work pretty well.

[c0restraint]

That sounds both amazing (from a patient in need POV) and scary (from a privacy POV). I’m interested in both

[judge2020]

It sounds like a great system assuming the smart card is a like a credit card with the chip in it, and you needed that to view medial records. Unfortunately I seriously doubt that's the case.

[frabert]

It's actually a smart card with a chip in it. It also has a magnetic stripe, I guess for legacy purposes. Here is a sample: https://www.sanita.puglia.it/documents/20182/134679/TSCNS+fr...

[gerardnll]

Pretty sure you talk about the NHS.