People-Centered Integrated Care
Video made by Andalusian School of Public Health in Andalusia with Dr. Salman Rawaf, Professor of Public Health and Director of the WHO Collaborating at the Imperial College London.
Video made by Andalusian School of Public Health in Andalusia with Dr. Salman Rawaf, Professor of Public Health and Director of the WHO Collaborating at the Imperial College London.
Video made by Andalusian School of Public Health in Andalusia with Dr. Salman Rawaf, Professor of Public Health and Director of the WHO Collaborating at the Imperial College London.
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 global priority and is poised to address fragmentation and accelerate the improvements that are needed. During a global pandemic, the need to work as an integrated system is even more pressing and gives us an opportunity to pause, reflect and respond.
In situations where systems are subjected to unprecedented pressure, organizations and sectors may respond from the lens of what can their individual organization or sector do, rather than responding as a cohesive and interconnected system.
Organizations that have embraced collaborative models of response and care and were already working to advance integration pre-pandemic appear to be more effective in responding as one connected team and community.
This webinar will ...
Ministers of Health of the Region of the Americas agreed on a new policy to address the fragmentation of health systems, a problem that affects the organization, management, and delivery of care in almost the entire Region. The Policy on Integrated Care for Improved Health Outcomes was adopted by the 30th Pan American Sanitary Conference of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), which meets this week in Washington, DC.
In recent years, considerable investment has been made towards healthcare service redesign and reform in response to an increasingly diverse and ageing patient population. The shift towards person-centred care requires holistic care management approaches and has prompted health services to consider changing the ways they deliver care