Digital Health and Care Congress 2018. Technology and data.

This two-day congress provides an established forum for health and care professionals to come together and learn from successful adoptions and practical implementations of digital health and care. The aim of the event is to share learning and encourage adoption, so your project should be active, showing digital technology in practice under one of the project themes above.

Project themes

F@ce: a team-based, person-centred intervention for rehabilitation after stroke supported by information and communication technology – a feasibility study

Despite encouraging data about declining stroke incidence, on a global level the aging population and accumulating risk factors contribute to an increasing lifetime risk of stroke. Per the Global Burden of Disease 2016 Lifetime Risk of Stroke Collaborators, the mean global lifetime risk of stroke increased from 22.8% in 1990 to 24.9% in 2016, a relative increase of 8.9% (95% CI, 6.2%–11.5%) after accounting for the competing risk of death of any cause other than stroke.

Globally, there is a growing use of Information and Communication Technology (ICT), including mobile phones, tablets and computers, which are being integrated into people’s daily activities. An ICT-based intervention called F@ce was developed in order to provide a structure for the process in stroke rehabilitation and facilitate change by integrating a global problem-solving strategy using SMS alerts. The aim of the study was to evaluate the ...

IFIC Ireland Webinar: Rehabilitation Care. Making Integrated Care Happen

The International Foundation for Integrated Care (IFIC) Ireland hosts and facilitates a series of webinars titled ‘Making Integrated Care Happen’ which forms one of the key delivery mechanisms enabling knowledge mobilisation across all stakeholders with an interest in developing and implementing integrated care within the healthcare systems on the island of Ireland.

Next session in the 2020 webinar series will focus on rehabilitation care and how various initiatives in Ireland are enhancing the experience of integrated care for patients, informal caregivers and health care professionals.

Edina O’Driscoll, National Clinical Lead – Rehabilitation Medicine, HSE will speak about The Rehab Landscape in Ireland: A journey towards change on the rollout of the National Clinical Programme for Rehabilitation Medicine across Ireland. We will also hear from Fiona Steed, Group Lead Allied Health at UL Hospital Group on the development and evolution of the Intermediate Care Facility at UL Arena initially deployed as ...

The association of vertically integrated care with health care use and outcomes

The objective of this article is to determine whether vertically integrated hospital and skilled nursing facility (SNF) care is associated with more efficient use of postdischarge care and better outcomes.