Information technology as a tool for the Italian Institute of Social Security (INPS) in the management of social security and civil disability: Pro and cons

Article type: Research Article

Authors: Sammicheli, Michele^* | Scaglione, Marcella

Affiliations: Medical Legal Department (CML) of the Italian Institute of Social Security (INPS), Siena, Italy

Correspondence: [*] Corresponding author: Michele Sammicheli, Medical Legal Department (CML) of the Italian Institute of Social Security (INPS), Lippo Memmi street n. 2, 53100, Siena, Italy. Tel.: +39 338/2972582; Fax: +39 0577/574728; E-mail: [email protected];[email protected].

Abstract: We examine, from a medical-legal perspective, the pro and cons of the information technology procedures that the Italian Institute of Social Security (INPS) has implemented to manage the provision of social disability assistance, meaning that separate from the payment of pension contributions, being welfare, anchored to an administrative requirement by way of the compulsory payment of a minimum social security contribution.

Keywords: Social security, civil disability, Italian Law, INPS

DOI: 10.3233/THC-171151

Journal: Technology and Health Care, vol. 26, no. 2, pp. 343-347, 2018