Fiona Lyne

Power in our collective: how we build the future as one system and ‘one team’

By Fiona Lyne / April 9, 2020
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The first in IFIC’s “Care during and beyond the COVID-19 Crisis – Building integrated care as the cornerstone of our new reality” webinar series took place on Wednesday, 8th April and was attended by 250 delegates representing 40 countries.
In this webinar series we will be offering an opportunity for our network to hear about the integrated care approaches implemented and considerations being made around the world to address people’s continued care and support needs beyond the immediate public health issues and crisis management.

Information relating to our upcoming webinars, courses and events

By Fiona Lyne / April 3, 2020
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Information relating to upcoming webinars, courses and events due to the COVID-19 travel and other restrictions.

3rd Transnational Conference on Integrated Community Care

By Fiona Lyne / June 10, 2019
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Through a series of four conferences, TransForm is exploring the undoubted potential this new and diffuse concept of integrated community care presents.

Spotlight on Learning from International Experiences in Funding and Financing Workshop

By Fiona Lyne / May 17, 2019
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Here Nieves Ehrenberg, Senior Researcher at the International Foundation for Integrated Care (IFIC) provides a summary of a session focusing on funding and financing at ICIC19.

Spotlight on The OMIS Room: Experiences of End of Life Integrated Care

By Fiona Lyne / May 17, 2019
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Here Nieves Ehrenberg, Senior Researcher at the International Foundation for Integrated Care (IFIC) provides a summary of a session focusing on end of life care at ICIC19

ICIC19 Integrated Care Award Winners

By Fiona Lyne / May 17, 2019
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The IFIC Integrated Care Awards are selected based on quality of content, originality and quality of presentation. The awards are supported by the Foundation and are in recognition of the advancement of the science, knowledge and adoption of integrated care policy and practice.

Global cross-pollination of ideas to solve local problems

By Fiona Lyne / May 17, 2019
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Have you ever tried to cook something outside of the dish’s country of origin? It tastes different. No matter how thoroughly you read and follow a recipe. It still tastes different. The soil, the air, the water, in essence, the elements that affect the ingredients are different.

IFIC Movement enters new phase of expansion

By Fiona Lyne / May 17, 2019
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This growing following is testament to the continued interest in integrated care as one of the few truly promising routes to improving care and outcomes that is relevant for all people living in different contexts and settings.

IFIC, two decades bringing about transformational change for people and their health and wellbeing

By Fiona Lyne / May 17, 2019
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IFIC, two decades bringing about transformational change for people and their health and wellbeing. The 19th International Conference on Integrated Care (ICIC) bears the imprint of two decades of transformational change in health and social care provision. The evolution of care service delivery has gravitated from supply to demand. This is reflected in the evolution…

Capacity building and technical support for implementing Integrated Care in Europe

By Fiona Lyne / May 15, 2019
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The European Commission, Directorate-General Health and Food Safety, in collaboration with the International Foundation for Integrated Care (IFIC), organised a workshop and a marketplace on “capacity building and technical support for implementing integrated care” in the context of the 19th International Conference on Integrated Care (ICIC19), 1-3 April 2019, in San Sebastian, Spain.

Year of intense work leads to record number of attendees in San Sebastian

By Fiona Lyne / May 15, 2019
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Seeing the San Sebastián Kursaal Congress Centre brimming with over 1,300 colleagues interested in integrated care, a record to date at ICIC conferences, was a great pleasure for everyone who has been involved in organising ICIC19 to a greater or less extent, particularly after a year of intense work.

Co design plays a major role in the future of effective health care

By Fiona Lyne / January 29, 2019
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Jodeme Goldhar made an impact at ICIC18 in Utrecht when she stood alongside caregiver Carole Ann Alloway to deliver an impassioned keynote on Transformation Through Integration

Engaging and Empowering Individuals, Carers and Families through Integrated Community Care

By Fiona Lyne / January 29, 2019
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Mobilising community resources and engaging citizens to take control of their own health and welfare is the focus for the next TransForm conference.

A reflection on the on the CCLHD evaluation report

By Fiona Lyne / April 27, 2018
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I’m writing this blog following a week’s visit to the NSW Central Coast by our friends and colleagues from IFIC Australia and IFIC. These times are strongly valued by our Local Health District and partners because they provide the opportunity to educate our teams, reflect on our integrated care journey to date and to plan the next steps

Joint project to evaluate the Central Coast Integrated Care Program in New South Wales concludes

By Fiona Lyne / February 5, 2018
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A joint project to evaluate the Central Coast Integrated Care Program in New South Wales, is coming to an end, with papers in preparation and a final report near completion. Researchers from the Centre for Rural and Remote Mental Health and the IFIC Faculty were awarded a competitive tender to undertake the formative evaluation last year.

How IFIC Scotland are supporting Special Interest Groups and the Integrated Care Academy

By Fiona Lyne / January 30, 2018
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Here Dr Anne Hendry talks IFIC Scotland, and its work to develop a broad spectrum of new special interest groups as well as deliver education and training activities via the IFIC Academy.