The article “Valorizzare il patrimonio del registro italiano artroprotesi (Riap): un passo necessario per migliorare la qualità delle cure e la sicurezza del paziente” (Torre M, Urakcheeva I, Carrani E, Ciminello E) /Enhancing the achievements of the Italian Arthroplasty Registry: a necessary step to improve the quality of care and patient safety/ was published in Notiziario ISS (volume 33, n.12, 2020). Ten years after the founding of Riap, the article provides an overview of its development, its regulatory basis and its benefits for the national healthcare system. The article also reports the numbers of arthroplasty operations in Italy which see an average annual growth of 4.2% which makes the Register a necessary tool for patient protection.
The text is available in Italian.