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:
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The organizational structure of the healthcare
facilities should be simple, so that the patients do not face any difficulties
in availing healthcare services.
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Special care should be taken in the treatment of
the elderlies, as they require continuous care
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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
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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:
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Innovative models of integrated care around the
world and their successes
·
Significance of cross disciplinary collaboration in reference to the delivery of
effective care
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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.