With resolution no. XXII/2405 of 28 May 2024, the Lombardy Region approved the provision on the testing of new community services in pharmacies, with particular reference to the implementation of telemedicine and medicinal product therapy reconciliation services, with remuneration from the Regional Health Service (SSR).

With this resolution, in particular, the Region approved: (i) the implementation plan for telemedicine services, version 1.0, which defines the project specifications of the experimentation in the field of telemedicine, including details relating to the actors involved, the expected activities, the possibilities for users and the organizational and practical implications for this service system. As a result of this implementation plan, pharmacies will be able to provide blood pressure Holter, cardiac Holter and ECG services with reimbursement paid by the SSR, it being established that pharmacies will have to use accredited health facilities for reporting and these services can be offered to patients affected from cardiovascular pathologies, with the right to extend the target during the trial; (ii) the Timeline, version 4.0, which represents the updated proposal of the timetable of the Lombardy Region for the purposes of participation in the Trial of New Services in the Community Pharmacy; (iii) the Implementation Plan for the Reconciliation of Pharmacological Therapy, version 2.0, aimed at promoting the Reconciliation of Pharmacological Therapy, as a process oriented towards prevention and reserved for patients suffering from cardiovascular pathologies, with the right to extend the target during the trial.

This is an experiment, with participation of pharmacies on a voluntary basis, which will start from the month of June until the end of 2024 and which includes the collaboration of Federfarma (the Italian federation of pharmacists) and the Pharmacists' Associations, which will guarantee the training of the pharmacists who join to the project.