SIT - Italian Society of Telemedicine

What SIT - Italian Society of Telemedicine does

SIT - Società Italiana per la Salute Digitale e la Telemedicina (Italian Society of Telemedicine), formally established by public deed on May 29, 2007, is a non-profit medical-scientific association headquartered in Rome, Italy. Originally founded by Dr. Giancarmine Russo, the society rebranded in 2021 to "Società Italiana per la Salute Digitale e la Telemedicina – Digital SIT," extending its mandate from telemedicine to broader digital health. It serves as the primary professional body for telemedicine and digital health in Italy, with hundreds of members distributed across all Italian regions through 12 active regional sections (Piemonte, Lombardia, Veneto, Emilia Romagna, Toscana, Marche-Umbria, Lazio, Campania, Calabria, Sicilia, Basilicata, and others). Membership is cross-disciplinary: physicians constitute approximately 57% of members, while the remaining 43% includes engineers/computer engineers (18%), health professions (20%), humanities/psychology (18%), legal professionals (15%), computer scientists/bioinformaticians (14%), physics/math (6%), and economics/other (9%).

The society's core activities are organized around associazione (membership and governance), ricerca (research), formazione (training), and notizie (communications). It publishes national clinical guidelines and consensus documents — including documents for Telemedicina, Teleneurofisiologia Clinica (jointly with SINC, published April 2023), and Telepediatria (jointly with SIPPS, SICuPP, FIMP, and SIMPeF) — and hosts annual national congresses as well as larger international events such as the March 2023 Bologna Consensus Assembly, which attracted over 1,000 participants. Educational delivery includes the Master ARTE (Master in Artificial Intelligence and Telemedicine) at the University of Parma, now in its 5th edition. The organization also operates the Centro Studi Internazionale "Giancarmine Russo" as a dedicated research center, and participates in the ISOMERISM European liaison program (launched November 2020 with SCImPULSE Foundation) to coordinate with peer European national telemedicine societies. Partnerships extend to Istituto Superiore di Sanità (ISS), Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, CINECA, ANORC, Global Health Telemedicine, and DoctorPass.

The society is governed by an elected Consiglio Direttivo (Executive Committee) with Prof. Antonio Vittorino Gaddi as President, Maurizio Cipolla and Maria Grazia Modena as Vice Presidents, and Fabio Bonsanto as Secretary General and Legal Representative; an Assemblea Elettiva Generale in October 2025 elected this body for the next three-year term. As a non-profit, SIT does not sell commercial software products and does not charge license fees for its guidelines. Revenue is generated primarily through annual individual membership fees (paid via the soci.sitelemed.it portal), event and congress revenues, and institutional partnerships — most visibly the educational program partnership with the University of Parma. Membership pricing is not publicly disclosed. The society distributes its activities through membership subscriptions, regional sections, international partnerships, scientific congresses, a monthly newsletter, social media (Facebook "DigitalSIT", LinkedIn, Instagram), and scientific publications.

Name

SIT - Italian Society of Telemedicine

Legal name

Società Italiana per la Salute Digitale e la Telemedicina

Website

https://sitelemed.it

Company type

Private

Founded year

2007

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

501–1,000 employees

Short description

Non-profit medical-scientific association (est. 2007) headquartered in Rome that serves as Italy's primary professional body for telemedicine and digital health, with hundreds of interdisciplinary members across 12 regional sections, publishing national guidelines, hosting congresses, and delivering AI-telemedicine education.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Roma

HQ country

Italy

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Membership fees: Revenue generated from annual membership fees paid by healthcare professionals, doctors, engineers, and other members who join the society.
2. Educational programs: The society collaborates with universities like University of Parma on educational programs such as the Master ARTE in Artificial Intelligence and Telemedicine, generating revenue through course partnerships and endorsements.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

SIT - Società Italiana di Telemedicina is a non-profit medical-scientific association that promotes telemedicine and digital health through professional networking, scientific research, national guideline development, training programs, and annual congresses. It serves healthcare professionals, engineers, and policy stakeholders across Italy, coordinating regional sections in 11+ regions and operating the Master ARTE educational program with University of Parma. The society does not sell commercial software products but delivers membership services, publishes consensus guidelines (e.g., Televisita, TeleNeurofisiologia Clinica, Telepediatria), and runs the ISOMERISM European liaison program.

Product overview

SIT - Società Italiana di Telemedicina (Italian Society of Telemedicine) is a non-profit medical-scientific society, not a commercial product company. It does not offer a unified product platform or software products. The organization focuses on promoting research, training, scientific publication, and guidelines development in the field of telemedicine and digital health. Key activities include organizing national and international congresses, publishing scientific documents and guidelines (such as Televisita guidelines and TeleNeurofisiologia Clinica guidelines), conducting national surveys on telemedicine experiences, managing regional sections across Italy, and promoting educational programs such as the ARTE Master in Artificial Intelligence and Telemedicine at the University of Parma. The society publishes scientific publications, facilitates networking among healthcare professionals, and develops consensus documents for telemedicine practices in various medical specialties including pediatrics, neurosciences, and cardiology.

Differentiator

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Brands

• Centro Studi Internazionale 'Giancarmine Russo': International research center dedicated to the founder of SIT, collecting and promoting research on electronic and digital technologies in health and medical/biomedical research.

Products and services

• SIT Membership Annual membership subscription for healthcare professionals (doctors, nurses, health technicians), engineers, computer scientists, and other professionals interested in telemedicine and digital health; members gain access to guidelines, training, congresses, regional sections, and the professional network.
• Master ARTE in Artificial Intelligence and Telemedicine University-level e-learning master's program at the University of Parma, now in its 5th edition (2026), providing multidisciplinary training in AI and telemedicine/digital health; SIT provides scientific endorsement and expertise.

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Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

Eleven partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• SCImPULSE FoundationcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 November 2020Partnership for the ISOMERISM (Italian Society Of teleMedicine ExpeRts lIaSon prograM) European liaison program launched in November 2020. The program aims to make existing relationships with peer European National societies for telemedicine and eHealth visible and accountable, promoting knowledge circulation, harmonizing policy lobbying, and improving representation of diversity and interoperability of practices and standards across Europe.
• Global Health Telemedicine (GHT)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership for telemedicine collaboration and knowledge sharing in global health contexts.
• University of ParmacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration on the Master ARTE (Master in Artificial Intelligence and Telemedicine) - a university-level program in e-learning for digital health. The society provides scientific endorsement and expertise for this multidisciplinary educational program now in its 5th edition (2026).
• Istituto Superiore di Sanità (ISS)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFramework agreement between ISS, SIT, Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare and CINECA for coordination on digital health research and innovation.
• SINC (Società Italiana di Neurofisiologia Clinica)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerIntersociety study group for telemedicine in neurosciences, collaborating on consensus documents and national guidelines for TeleNeurofisiologia Clinica.
• CINECAminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerConsortium for high-performance computing contributing to digital health research initiatives.
• Istituto Nazionale di Fisica NucleareminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration on scientific computing and research in digital health.
• SIPPS (Società Italiana di Pediatria Preventiva e Sociale)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration on consensus documents for telepediatrics, along with SICuPP, FIMP, and SIMPeF.
• SICuPP (Società Italiana per la Cure Primarie in Pediatria)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerJoint development of consensus documents for telepediatrics practice.
• FIMP (Federazione Italiana Medici Pediatri)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration on pediatric telemedicine guidelines and consensus documents.
• SIMPeF (Sindacato dei Medici Pediatri e di Famiglia)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerParticipation in telepediatrics consensus document development.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves9 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Société Française de la Santé Numérique (SFSN) / French Telemedicine Society: France's principal professional society for telemedicine and digital health, with a similar member-driven model focused on guidelines, training, and national policy advocacy. A clear functional twin of SIT in the French market.
• European Health Telematics Association (EHTEL): Brussels-based multi-stakeholder forum focused on eHealth and telemedicine policy in Europe. Closely aligned with SIT's ISOMERISM agenda of harmonizing European telemedicine and eHealth standards.
• German Society for Telemedicine (DGTelemed): Germany's national telemedicine society, advancing digital health research, policy, and education. Comparable to SIT in promoting telemedicine adoption through professional networks and guideline-setting.
• American Telemedicine Association (ATA / ATA Action): The leading US professional association for telehealth, advancing policy, education, and clinical guidelines. Shares SIT's society-led model of convening clinicians, technologists, and policymakers to shape telemedicine practice.
• International Society for Telemedicine and eHealth (ISfTeH): Global umbrella organization for national telemedicine and eHealth societies, with a comparable mission of promoting telemedicine research, guidelines, and professional networking. ISfTeH is SIT's most direct global counterpart at the international level.
• Finnish Society of Telemedicine and eHealth (FSTeH): National Finnish professional association dedicated to telemedicine and eHealth, similarly focused on scientific exchange, education, and cross-sector collaboration. A close functional analogue of SIT in the Nordic context.

Others

• ANORC (Associazione Nazionale Operatori e Responsabili della Custodia dei dati personali): Italian professional association for data protection officers and personal data custodians. A current SIT partner organization that shares an interest in digital health data governance, making it an adjacent ecosystem participant.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/DigitalSIT
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/sit-societ%C3%A0-italiana-di-telemedicina
• Instagraminstagram.com/sitelemed

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Number of profiles

Profiles12 records

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