Publications

Este plan está concebido como un documento práctico, abierto y flexible, de forma que nos permita ir avanzando en la implantación de las medidas incluidas en el mismo a la vez que podemos ir incorporando nuevas ideas y experiencias que hayan demostrado su utilidad.

La finalidad de este documento es establecer los pasos a dar de forma práctica para la implantación efectiva de la estrategia de crónicos e identificar aspectos concretos, específicos, realizables y monitorizables por parte de todos los y las profesionales que trabajan con personas con comorbilidad, pluripatología, polimedicación y entorno de apoyo familiar y social dificultoso; a las que denominamos “pacientes crónicos con necesidades de salud complejas” y que puedan contribuir a mejorar la atención a ...

In an era of unprecedented global aging, a key priority is to align health and social services for older populations in order to support the dual priorities of living well while adapting to a gradual decline in function. The aimed of this review was to provide a comprehensive synthesis of evidence regarding service delivery models that optimize the quality of life (QoL) for older people at the end of life across health, social, and welfare ...

This compendium collates current tools and resources on quality improvement developed by the WHO Service Delivery and Safety Department and provides examples of how the tools and resources have been applied in country settings.

This research defined CBSIs as community initiatives that seek to: a) empower older people to improve their self-efficacy in caring for themselves and their peers; b) maintain their well-being and; c) promote social cohesion and inclusiveness. Health systems across both developed and developing regions struggle to meet the diverse and complex needs of increasing number of older persons. This study hypothesized that community based social innovations (CBSIs) can improve the health and well-being of older ...

Los responsables de la formulación de políticas han expuesto sus ambiciones de brindar atención conjunta más cerca del hogar y permitir que las personas permanezcan independientes y en sus propios hogares. La atención domiciliaria será un componente central de la realización de estas ambiciones. Sin embargo, existen serias preocupaciones sobre el estado del mercado de atención domiciliaria. y la calidad de atención que reciben los usuarios. En este caso, el presente informe resume la evidencia ...

People-centred integrated care is an acknowledged approach to improve the quality and effectiveness of health systems in delivering care around people’s needs and preferences. Nevertheless, more guidance on how to effectively design, implement and evaluate the care process of people-centred integrated care services is needed. Under Project INTEGRATE, a framework was developed to guide managers in the assessment, transformation and delivery of these health service innovations.

Integrated care has certainly arrived in the primary care clinic. Evidence and momentum began building 20 years ago with the demonstrated effectiveness of collaborative care programs for depression and anxiety disorders in primary care. Since then, various forms of integrated care have been repeatedly proven effective across a range of care settings, patient populations, languages and cultures. Initial success in the treatment of depression was extended to care of other common mental health and substance ...