Fragmentation between care services is one of the key barriers to providing high quality of care for patients. The loss of patient information in the continuum of care, the lack of readily accessible treatment history and poor organisational links between professionals working in different care sectors are just a few factors leading to disrupted care pathways especially in patients with chronic and multimorbid conditions. New tools and solutions are being developed to address these challenges, such as policy frameworks, or instruments that improve seamless care for patients.
This webinar tackles this issue from two perspectives: how to analyse and formulate integrated care policy at national and regional level to assist policy makers forge integrated care models for patient populations and how to design a practical technological solution which assists in coordinating multiple clinical pathways deploying the Virtual Care Operator as a solution.
Speakers:
- Ms Nadia Benahmed, Health Service Research Expert at the KCE (Belgian Health Care Knowledge Centre), Belgium
- Prof Paul Lillrank, Professor of Quality and Service Management at Aalto University, Finland
- Prof Axel Kaehne, Professor of Health Services Research and Director of the Evaluation and Policy Analysis Unit (EPA) at Edge Hill University. Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Integrated Care.
