Organisation of care delivery
The International Foundation for Integrated Care (IFIC) was commissioned to deliver Phases 1 and 2 of an independent external evaluation of an Integrated Care Programme for Older Persons (from now on, “the National Programme”). Phase 1 included a Preliminary Engagement session with stakeholders to understand what they perceived the value of an evaluation of the… Read More
The International Foundation for Integrated Care (IFIC) was asked to conduct an independent rapid retrospective evaluation of a Mental Health 24/7 Crisis Response Service (CRS) that had been operating in a health area of England since its launch in April 2020, hence at the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic. Download the publication PDF Read More
At the International Foundation for Integrated Care, we have many years of experience sharing and generating knowledge on integrated person-centred care: why it’s important, what it can achieve and what it needs to be successful. The recent resignation of the two most senior members of the team implementing the Sláintecare reform programme in Ireland has… Read More
During 2022 and 2023 IFIC will consolidate its position as the leading integrated care knowledge network globally and secure a financially and operationally sustainable future. Over the next 5 years IFIC will grow the movement for change globally with a particular focus on growth in non-English speaking countries and those at an early stage of… Read More
Five INCAREHEART public procurers from five countries will jointly procure an ICT-enabled integrated care solution to effectively support the management of a multidisciplinary care and support model for people living with Chronic Heart Failure (CHF).
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The UK Government’s recently published White Paper Integration and innovation: working together to improve health and social care for all which applies to England, prompted us to think about what lessons we could share from other systems legislative change initiatives as the government develops the detail of the Bill and local health and care systems… Read More
Session 8J - Capacity Building in Integrated Care - Session 4 Chaired by Andrew Terris Presentations and Speakers: The B3 Maturity Model, SCIROCCO Tool and SCIROCCO Knowledge Management Hub: facilitating the capacity-building support for integrated care Dr Tamara Alhambra-Borrás and Dr Cristina Adriana Alexandru Quality Assessment of Personalized Action Plans in Andalusia: supporting the Chrodis-Plus… Read More
Session 8B - Workshop - Integrating complex services through a Primary Care Model Presentations and Speakers: Integrating Complex Services Through Primary Care: Research Results and Implementation in Practice Dr Chad Boult Guided Care: Comprehensive Care for Persons with Chronic Conditions Dr Chad Boult Comprehensive Care –Multimorbid Adult Program (CC-MAP) Prof Efrat Shadmi Promoting the Adoption… Read More
Session 8A - Palliative and End of Life Care - Session 2 - in association with the Palliative and End of Life Care SIG chaired by Anne Mills Presentations and Speakers: Attitudes and knowledge about palliative care among citizens of Croatia: a case study of two cities with and without established palliative care service Prof… Read More
Session 7I - Integrated Care and Diabetes - Session 2 chaired by Mrs Leo Lewis Presentations and Speakers: ICT based Empowerment of Diabetic Patients: the PROEMPOWER value-based procurement Mr Vincenzo De Luca Western Sydney Diabetes: An integrated program for diabetes prevention, management, and control in Sydney, Australia Prof Glen Maberly Piloting an Integrated Care Model… Read More
Session 7A - Palliative and End of Life Care - Session 1 chaired by Mrs Anne Mills Presentations and Speakers: Development of a transitional cross-boundary supportive care service for advanced heart failure patients Ms Clea Atkinson and Prof. Zaheer Yousef Needs assessment for person-centred palliative and end of life care in the Isle of Man… Read More
Session 6G - Building Teams chaired by Andrew Terris Presentations and Speakers: Implementing a 'structured multidisciplinary care team' in Norway Dr Line Melby Multi-disciplinary workforce development: How managerial collaboration influences professional roles development in rural regions Mr Oemar van der Woerd Building Collaborative Practice as a vehicle for Cultural Change Ms Leanne Wells INTEGRATED HEALTHCARE… Read More
Session 6E - Design, assessment and implementation of services for people with mental health conditions chaired by Dr Jason Yap Presentations and Speakers: Initial Results of the Design and Implementation of an Integrated Perinatal Mental Health Partnership Dr Cara English, Ms Diane Ortega and Mrs Belinda Hodder Equally Well. A collective impact approach to integration… Read More
Session 5E - Improving the integration experience of people with mental health conditions chaired by Mrs Leo Lewis Presentations and Speakers: Mental health and well-being in rural communities - factors associated with suicide, and integrated responses Ms Robyn Considine FULL OUTCOME REPORT from the IBBIS randomized controlled trial [DK]: Integrated vocational rehabilitation and mental health… Read More
Session 4J - Involving patients and citizens in health records chaired by Dr Jason Yap Presentations and Speakers: How does the use of patient-accessible health records contribute to patient centered care? A scoping review. Mrs Janine Benjamins Creating User Involving Cross-sectoral Collaborative Models. An action research project in patient care progress across sectors, involving citizens,… Read More
Session 4H - Workshop - Advancing Integrated Care Models: emerging insights from a multi-site demonstration Presentations and Speakers: Advancing Integrated Models - emerging insights from a multi-site demonstration focused on implementing "next-generation" approaches to person-centered care for individuals with complex health and social needs. Ms Susan Mende Panel Discussion: Ms Meryl Schulman Ms Diana Hartley-Kim… Read More
Session 4E - Implementation models chaired by Ms Jodeme Goldhar Presentations and Speakers: Building on evidence-based models to accelerate the delivery of integrated care: The journey to date for the University Health Network, Toronto, Canada Mr Shiran Isaacksz and Ms Melissa Chang Technology-enabled strategies for a fully integrated health system Dr Angelo RossiMori Read More
Session 4C - Approaches to case finding and risk stratification chaired by Dr Chad Boult Presentations and Speakers: Towards a systematic identification of people with social complex needs: a pilot study on the use of the self-sufficiency matrix Ms Marta Ballester Santiago Building insights into the implementation of an integrated cancer care model using risk-stratified… Read More
Plenary 4: Improving Integrated Care outcomes across the whole life course chaired by Dr Jason Yap and Prof Ana Stavljenić Rukavina Presentations and Speakers: In celebration of 20 years of the International Foundation for Integrated Care Prof Nick Goodwin Multidisciplinary and intersectoral child-protection system: Good practice model in long-term health and well-being Prof Gordana Buljan… Read More
Plenary 1: A global approach to improving health outcomes beyond COVID 19 – where to next? chaired by Prof Antonija Balenović and Prof Áine Carroll Presentations and Speakers: Use of cultural programmes to promote health (in the context of UNESCO World Heritage Sites, Horticulture and other social programmes in Croatia) Dr Nina Obuljen-Koržinek A partnership… Read More
Session 3H - Workshop - Achieving Scale: Using an Integrated Comprehensive Care Model Presentations and Speakers: Achieving Scale – Using an Integrated Comprehensive Care Model to Transform the Patient & Provider Experience Ms Melissa Chang Achieving Scale – Using an Integrated Comprehensive Care Model to Transform the Patient & Provider Experience Ms Carrie Anne Beltzner Read More
Session 3F - Experiences in delivering models of Integrated Care - Session 2 chaired by Prof Áine Carroll Presentations and Speakers: Always look on the bright side of life? Managing tensions inherent to collaborations – A tensions-based view on networks of integrated care Ms Anna-Sophia Bilgeri Trust in intersectoral integrated services: a qualitative investigation of… Read More
Session 2A - Assessment for Ageing and Frailty chaired by Prof Anne Hendry. Presentations and Speakers: Who is safe? Welfare technology and the feeling of safety for older adults receiving reablement services at their homes and older adults with dementia living at their homes. Experiences from Norway. Dr Mariya Bikova Co-creating towards next-generation frailty assessment… Read More
Session 1G - Management of risk factors Presentations and Speakers: Monitoring integrated care for childhood overweight and obesity Ms Leandra Koetsier Program "6-10-14 for Health" - as an example of an interdisciplinary model of care for a patient with excess body weight Dr Piotr Popowski EVALUATION OF THE PROJECT ADVISORY ON DIET IN THE CITY… Read More
Podcast Episode: Driving and Accelerating a ‘One System’ Response Podcast Series: Care During and Beyond the Covid-19 Crisis Presenters: Jodeme Goldhar, Walter P. Wodchis, Stacey Daub, Rebecca Stoller, Dave Pearson, Bob Borden, Anne Wojtak, Tia Pham, Leo Lewis, Philliz Goh High performing health and social care systems provide exceptional care, quality and experiences for patients,…
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The purpose of this rapid review was to measure progress of the Health Care Home (HCH) model in achieving its aims and to inform the evolution of the model across the Capital and Coast District Health Board (CCDHB) region. The review was commissioned by CCDHB as an independent and objective formative and summative rapid evaluation,… Read More
High performing health and social care systems provide exceptional care, quality and experiences for patients, caregivers and providers. Pivotal to this, is how we work across health and social care as one team. The need for integrated care is a glob
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Project ValueCare is an EU funded project which aims to deliver personalised integrated (health and social) care services, better outcomes for older people and improved care experience. It also aims to improve staff satisfaction and greater efficiency in the use of resources and coordination of care.
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How can we plan for a post pandemic future that better supports the poor and the underserved? Hard questions for any society, even tougher for low and middle income economies with high levels of social inequality and where the policy discourse is rarely followed by change at pace.
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ROSIA (Remote Rehabilitation Service for Isolated Areas) proposes to generate a flexible and scalable value-based model of care, organized around self-management, or self-care of rehabilitation at home, designed from a tailored integrated care model which optimizes the quality of care and the use of clinical resources.
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