‘DonkNet: la salute a portata di tutti’ is a project of Donk Humanitarian Medicine odv realised with the contributions in favour of the Entities of the Third Sector referred to in D. lgs. 117/2017 for the development of projects in implementation of the provisions of Article 8, paragraphs 31 to 33bis, of R.L. 27 December 2019, no. 24 and Regulations issued by D.PReg. no. 0102/Pres. of 31 July 2020.
The project aims to promote the use of telematics tools, technology and artificial intelligence for use by volunteers in the field of humanitarian medicine.
The phases include training in the approach to telehealth with the presence of a trained operator (basic health and medical) to act as a collection point for requests.
Digital tools allow operators to connect with a doctor and receive guidance on what to do to solve a health problem of the person asking for help. In addition to the health service, the usefulness also extends to medical consultation and psychological support.
‘DonkNet: health within everyone’s reach’ started on 3 June 2024 and will be completed by 31 May 2025.
The planned activities concern:
- definition of the system to be used for the exchange of information and the type of device;
- organisation and extension of the network of doctors, nurses and volunteers of DonK HM that can interact at two levels, i.e. with each other by teleconsultation or towards the final beneficiary with the mediation of an operator (telehealth). Focus on the psychological support service;
- updated training with 3 hours for doctors, nurses and operators on the use of teleconsultation tools and telehealth assistance. The training will be inserted on the DonK e-learning portal (https://www.donkhm.network/);
- finalisation of contacts with the University for the recognition of training credits for the courses followed with DonK HM;
- testing of the new system, insertion in the outpatient and roadside activity with Donky;
- promotion of the project for adherence to the activity (point 2) and presentation of the results of the activity to the public (points 1 and 2).
A detailed description of the ‘DonkNet: health within everyone’s reach’ project can be found in this document: