Understanding Integrated Care: Webinar Series – The Building Blocks of Integrated Care

Diana Gosálvez Prados — última modificación 16/10/2015 14:37

Over the past decade many definitions, concepts and theories have emerged trying to explain what integrated care is and what the main building blocks for successful integration of services across sectors and professions may be. In this first webinar Dr Nick Goodwin gives a comprehensive overview of the most influential concepts, analyses the lessons learned so far and highlights the complexities of designing such systems on local, regional and national level. In doing so he also highlights the pitfalls which many integrated care initiatives encounter and illustrates with practical examples how integration of health and social services make it work.

SPEAKER

Dr Nick Goodwin, CEO, International Foundation for Integrated Care

Nick is co-Founder and CEO of the International Foundation for Integrated Care (IFIC), a not-for-profit membership-based foundation dedicated to improving the science knowledge and application of integrate care across the World (www.integratedcarefoundation.org). Nick also works as a Senior Associate at The King’s Fund, London supporting its programme of research and policy analysis for integrating care. Nick’s international commitments include the EU FP7 Project INTEGRATE (www.projectintegrate.eu) and the European Innovation Partnership on Active and Healthy Ageing. Nick is working with the World Health Organisation to support the development of a Global Strategy to develop person-centred and integrated care, and is on the Expert Advisory Team to WHO Regional Office for Europe’s Framework for Action Towards Coordinated/Integrated Health Services Delivery (CIHSD).