The Australian Healthcare and Hospitals Association and Queensland Health welcomes hospital and health service leaders from around the world to Brisbane for the 42nd World Hospital Congress, 10-12 October 2018 at the Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre (BCEC), Australia.  

The World Hospital Congress, under the umbrella of the International Hospital Federation, is a unique global event that brings key health leaders together annually to share views and experiences, network and develop excellence in healthcare and hospitals leadership. Through this forum multidisciplinary exchange of knowledge, expertise and experiences are facilitated, together with dialogue on best practices in leadership in hospital and healthcare ...

As the national rhetoric focuses on supporting the delivery of population health and integrated care, different models of care and new ways of working are being implemented across England. While integrated care systems (ICSs) are emerging to lead on planning and commissioning care for their populations, providers are also working together to deliver integrated care locally. 

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.

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The International Foundation of Integrated Care (IFIC) in partnership with RIVM and Vilans presents the 18th International conference on Integrated Care “Value for People and Populations: Investing in Integrated Care” to take place in The NBC Congrescentrum, Utrecht, Netherlands 23 – 25 May 2018.

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

For more information, please visit the ICIC18 wesbsite: https://integratedcarefoundation.org/events/icic18-18th-international-conference-on-integrated-care-utrecht 

Only one week to go to the International Conference on Integrated Care! This year for our 18th birthday we return to the place of our birth: Utrecht, The Netherlands. We will be joined by over 800 delegates in what promises to be our most challenging, innovative and inspiring conference to date. 

We are looking forward to welcoming our friends, old and new but understand that not everyone can find the funds, or the time, to attend so we will be Live Streaming the conference to our global audience of IFIC members. Become a FULL IFIC member today to find out ...

The Global Conference on Integrated Care (GCIC) 2018 is an international conference that will bring together clinicians, health and social care professionals and practitioners, and policymakers from around the world to share knowledge, experiences, ideas and innovations in integrated care delivery. The conference will be used as a platform to look beyond the immediate horizon, future-proof healthcare delivery, and strengthen relationships between policymakers and public users to enable successful care integration.A world-class programme of keynote lectures, plenary sessions and symposia has been designed to facilitate impactful knowledge exchange and foster fruitful dialogues with internationally renowned experts.

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The International Foundation for Integrated Care is delighted to introduce the 2^nd series of webinars on people-centred integrated care in practice. This series will have a particular focus on active and healthy ageing and preventing and managing frailty. The webinars will be hosted by IFIC Scotland in collaboration with the University of the West of Scotland, the Institute of Research and Innovation in Social Services, and the Health and Social Care Alliance. 

This webinar in our second series of Integrated Care Matters will focus on Improving acute frailty in acute care in Scotland: from evidence to experience. The webinar ...

Do you know other people that share a concern or passion for the same issues that you do? Do you think there is a better way to learn from each other? Are you looking for ways to find out who has already looked at the process you are trying to improve? Perhaps developing a Community of Practice can support your Quality improvement?

A Community of practice is defined as: A group of people who share a concern or passion for something they do and learn how to do it better as they interact regularly.” (Wenger, 2008)

As a result of ...