Friday 29 December 2017

Essentials of Integrated Care



What is integrated care?

Integrated care is essentially a worldwide trend that is taking place in the healthcare facilities. It includes new organizational arrangements and innovative health care reforms that have a larger focus on the integrated and coordinated forms of healthcare provisions.  Fragmented delivery of social and healthcare services is one of the biggest problems faced by health systems worldwide. Integrated care has come into being in order to provide an efficient solution to these problems. 

Integrated care comprehensively covers the various complex components relating to healthcare. The concept of integrated care brings together management, delivery, input and organization of services that are related to treatment, diagnosis, care, health promotion and rehabilitation. According to the international integrated care conference, integrated care aims at improving the healthcare services in relation to efficiency, quality, access and user satisfaction. 

What are the main objectives of integrated care? 

The concept of integrated care has several objectives that aim at making the experience of healthcare facilities smoother for the patients.  Few of the objectives of integrated care are:
·         The organizational structure of the healthcare facilities should be simple, so that the patients do not face any difficulties in availing healthcare services.
·         Special care should be taken in the treatment of the elderlies, as they require continuous care
·         A community based, out-of-the hospital care should be provided in order to ensure the good health of the patients in any geographical location
·         There should be an improved flow of information between various healthcare providers in the society, such as the hospitals, clinics, specialists, etc. 

Where can one get more information about the integrated care system? 

A person can get detailed information about the system of integrated care, its objectives, as well as its advantages to the society in the Global Conference on Integrated Care 2018. This conference would be held in Singapore from the 1st to 3rdFebruary; at the Resorts World Convention Centre. This conference shall bring together various social and health care experts, professionals, policy makers and practitioners under one roof. They would discuss on a variety of topics relating to integrated care.  The main areas that would be discussed the conference is:
·         Innovative models of integrated care around the world and their successes
·         Significance of cross disciplinary  collaboration in reference to the delivery of effective care 

·         Use of technology to assist in integrated care 

This conference can be attended by heath care administrators, clinicians and health care practitioners.  Even researchers and academic scholars, specializing in the field of medicine or healthcare can attend this conference. In this conference one can learn from the experienced experts from around the world and gain a new perfective towards integrated care models. This conference would also be a great way to build professional relationships with fellow healthcare practitioners and industry professionals.

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