Journal of Integrated Care: Volume 27 Issue 4

Editorial

Axel Kaehne

Case definition for health and social care services integrated initiatives

Siu Mee Cheng, Cristina Catallo

The purpose of this paper is to develop a case definition of integrated health and social services initiatives that serve older adults, and will provide characteristics to aid in…

Implementing a step down intermediate care service

Kate A. Levin, Martine A. Miller, Marion Henderson, Emilia Crighton

The purpose of this paper is to explore implementation and development of step-down intermediate care (IC) in Glasgow City from the perspective of staff.

Integrated palliative care definition and constitutive elements: scoping review

Meritxell Mondejar-Pont, Anna Ramon-Aribau, Xavier Gómez-Batiste

The purpose of this paper is to propose a unified definition of integrated palliative care (IPC), and to identify the elements that facilitate or hinder implementation of an…

Implementation of an integrated care model between general practitioner and cardiologist: The support consultation cardiology

Marijke Paula Margaretha Vester, Greetje Johanna de Grooth, Tobias Nicolaas Bonten, Bas Leendert van der Hoeven, Marieke Susanne de Doelder, Danielle Catharina Eindhoven, Linda Wilhelmina Barbier, Jessica Coppens, Martin Jan Schalij, Paul Ronald Maria van Dijkman

Integrated care models have shown to deliver efficient healthcare, but implementation has proven to be difficult. The Support Consultation is an integrated care model, which…

Individualised integration of social and health services for frequent attenders

Kirsti Ylitalo-Katajisto, Hanna Tiirinki, Jari Jokelainen, Marjo Suhonen

The purpose of this paper is to describe how frequent attenders (FAs), divided into different profiles, use of primary care, emergency care and specialised medical care and which…

Partnership working across sectors: a multi-professional perspective

Nancy El-Farargy

The Public Bodies (Joint Working) (Scotland) Act 2014 set the framework for the integration of adult health and social care services. Teams, organisations and sectors are now…

Learnings from implementing telemonitoring – the LITE study

Josephine S.F. Chow, Veronica Eugenia Gonzalez-Arce, Andrew Knight, Nutan Maurya, Friedbert Kohler

A recent study on the implementation of telemonitoring has provided an opportunity to explore how telemonitoring could be further developed to enhance better patient, carer and…

Integrated care: a definition from the perspective of the four quality paradigms

Everard Van Kemenade, Wilma van der Vlegel-Brouwer

The purpose of this paper is to support the ongoing dialogue and shed light on the different views on integrated care. An overarching definition of integrated care is proposed…