Transparency of progress, results and impact
Despite many studies evaluating the effectiveness of integrated care, evidence remains inconsistent. Increasingly, commentary on the subject of integrated care evaluation is pointing out the mismatch between the ability to capture the impact of integrated care initiatives and programmes, and the selection of the most appropriate methodology to do this.
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Implementing integrated care models is a complex process, and it is important to know what the breadth of influencing factors are when assessing whether integration has been or will be improved. The Project INTEGRATE framework consists of seven inter
Read MoreOver the past decade in Australia there has been a growing realisation of the need to reform the health and care system towards an approach that seeks to better integrate care, improve quality and promote value. As part of IFIC Australia’s series of
Read MoreProfessionals are increasingly keen to assess the effects of integrated care initiatives and payers and policy makers are keen to ensure that they allocate scarce resources only to services that have proven value for money. When evaluating the added
Read MoreNational Clinical Programme for Older People: National Frailty Education Programme “Fundamentals of Frailty”
Deirdre Lang, Health Service Executive; Royal College of Physicians of Ireland, IE
Carmel Hoey, Health Service Executive, IE
Diarmuid O’Shea
Your Voice Matters, a pilot qualitative study of integrated care in Ireland
Aine Carroll, Health Services Executive, IE
Clare Hudson, Health Services Executive, IE
Grace Turner, Health Services Executive, IE
Des Mulligan, Health Services Executive,
There is a lack of evidence supporting ‘how’ to design, pilot, implement, assess, and scale-up innovations that support integrated care. Most existing diagnostic frameworks set out the key building blocks of an integrated care system, but are unable
Read MoreThis webinar explores the evidence-based domains that underpin successful integrated care systems and presents a framework and toolkit called the Accountable Integrated Care Health Check that enables health and care systems to understand where they a
Read MoreAssessing National Practice and Preparedness for Integrated Care Delivery Ireland
Authors: Debbie Isobel Keeling , Michael Rigby, Áine Carroll
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Introduction/Theory/Methods: We assess current attitudes, practice and preparedness for Integrated
A daily multidisciplinary hospital discharge support meeting in an acute hospital: An evaluation of a quality improvement initiative to facilitate timely discharge & transfers of care
Authors: Aoife Mary O’Sullivan , Tim Dukelow, Carmel Walsh, Mary H
A needs assessment for cardiac rehabilitation in Ireland
Authors: Carmel Mullaney , Naomi Petty-Saphon, Siobhan Jennings, Orlaith O’Reilly
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Cardiac rehabilitation (CR) can reduce mortality, reinfarction rates and hospitalisations, and improve
“The introduction of “What Matters to You”: a quality improvement initiative to enhance compassionate person-centered care in hospitals in Ireland
Authors: Deirdre Lang , Carmel Hoey, Mila Whelan, Greg Price
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Rationale for this initiative: On
Investigating the Implementation of a National Pilot Project on Wait List Management using Pooled Inpatient and Day Case Surgical Waiting List between a Level 4 Hospital and a Level 3 Hospital in Ireland
Authors: Gary Keenan , Mandy Lee
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Integrated Healthcare for the Frail Older Adult
Authors: Breffni Drumm , Jo Short, Mary Casey, Fiona O’Sullivan, Grainne O’Malley, Paula Hickey
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Background: In Ireland, the proportion of persons aged over 65 years is set to increase from 11.4
National Clinical Guideline No 6: Sepsis Management – A Quality Improvement & Safety Initiative
Authors: Christina Doyle , Vida Hamilton, Mary Bedding, Karn Cliffe, Celine Conroy, Sinead Horgan, Ronan O Cathasaigh, Yvonne Young
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Talking about the end – involving service users in an end-of-life care quality improvement initiative in a residential care setting
Authors: Jolene Dervin , Anne Claffey
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Introduction: Staff members in a residential setting for older people p
National Quality Assurance & Improvement System (NQAIS) – Medicine
Authors: Howard Johnson , Courtney Garry, Eilish Croke, Mel McIntyre, Pawel Stawarz, Ian Folan, Dougie Beaton, Fionnuala Donohue
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Introduction: Length of stay varies by hospit
Improving integration and care through clinical audit: The Irish Hip Fracture Database
Authors: Louise Brent , Emer Ahern, Conor Hurson, Aisling Connolly
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Background: Hip fractures are an increasing socio-economic burden. They are the leading
Evaluating the impact of integrated change initiatives on wait time for outpatient primary care physiotherapy service
Author: John Nwobo
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Introduction: Widespread public demand for improved access, political pressure for shorter wait times,
National Theatre Quality Improvement Programme (TQIP) Ireland
Authors: Jeremy Smyth , Ken Mealy, Kieran Tangney, Grace Reidy, Charlie Dineen, Aileen O’Brien, Sinead Fitzpatrick
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In late 2016, a collaborative between the HSE Integrated Care Pr
Evaluating and Improving the Quality of Patient Care in the Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory at University Hospital Waterford
Authors: Alma O’ Connor , Edel Cronin, Christina Lambert, Ralph Morris, Karen Glynn, Paul Lawrence, Eithne Mackey
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Patient and family/carer experiences of their involvement in a regional quality improvement collaborative utilizing the SSKIN care bundle
Authors: Emma Fleming , Zena Moore, Sarah Condell
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Introduction: In Ireland, a regional quality improvem
The critical determinants of improvement in healthcare and lessons for integrated care
Patrick John Harnett
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Healthcare quality is a key concern for policy makers, regulators, care givers and patients (HIQA 2013, Harding-Clarke 2006, Franci