The Project "Rete Sanitaria" (Health Network) was set up in 1999 within the ambit of the New Public Management Reform of the Canton of Ticino ("Amministrazione 2000"), whose objective was to improve the efficiency of the health system through better cooperation and coordination of the players. During the last few years it has changed from project to process: therefore we speak today of the “Rete sanitaria initiative”.  

After an initial study phase a strategy was selected which was conceived around the idea of e-health (electronic health) and organised in three phases, thought out to start and suitably accompany a process of reform towards a modern health system, which can reap the maximum benefit from information and communication technologies (ICT). A system based on information sharing, on collaboration among the players and on the improvement of the quality of services offered.