ICIC19 - 19th International Conference on Integrated Care

San Sebastian, Basque Country 01-03 April 2019

A shared culture for change: Evaluating and implementing models of integrated people-centred services

We were pleased that the 19th International Conference on Integrated Care took place in The Kursaal Conference Centre, San Sebastian, the Basque Region in Spain, on the 1-3 April 2019. With the overarching theme ‘Evaluating and implement models of integrated people-centred services’, the conference is a partnership of OSAKIDETZA – Basque Health Service, Bioef, Ministry for Health of the Basque Government the City Council of Donostia-San Sebastian and the Provincial Council of Gipuzkoa.

The conference brought together researchers, clinicians and managers from around the world who are engaged in the design and delivery of integrated health and social care.

Conference Themes

Integrated health and social care for people at home

Engaging and empowering people and communities to become equal partners in care

Patient empowerment: from theory to practice (implementation and evaluation)
The patient as an active agent in health, patients’ engagement
Support networks with patients and carers for self-management of health conditions
Community health networks
Learning from people's experience (patients, families and professionals)
Codesign and coproduction in care
Social design
Innovative strategies to activate the community
Community assets mapping
Strategies and resources to build community and to reinforce care
People's and community's participation in integrated care systems.

Creating shared cultures, norms and values across organisations, professionals and people

Building a stronger integrated primary care

Models of care for people

Integrated care and its dimensions: clinical, professional, functional, organizational, systemic, regulatory, etc.
Organizational models in Integrated Care
Transition from pilot experiences to level-system implementation
Role of the macro level (institutional/political) on the agreements fostering, role of the meso level (social and health commissions, etc.) and role of the micro level (social and health care teams)
Integrated care real experiences (i.e. Nurse Family Partnerships, home, etc.)
New models of funding for social and health care systems
Patients flow and improvement of care pathways between care levels and organizations
Focus on vulnerable populations and populations at risk.