Project integrate: developing a framework to guide design, implementation and evaluation of people-centred integrated care processes

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...

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Authors: Cash-Gibson, Lucinda, 1984-, Tigova, Olena, Alonso, Albert, Binkley, George, Rosenmöller, Magda
Format: article
Status:Published version
Publication Date:2019
Country:España
Institution:Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya)
Repository:Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunya
OAI Identifier:oai:recercat.cat:10230/55483
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10230/55483
http://dx.doi.org/10.5334/ijic.4178
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:Delivery of health care
Framework
Integrated care
Management
People centeredness
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Summary: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. The framework is a product of the synthesis of operations, service and project management literature, relevant health care literature, and the analysis of four good practice integrated care case studies analysed under Project INTEGRATE. A first iteration of the framework was developed and then applied to one of the integrated care case studies to test its validity and utility. The tool combines a number of important considerations and criteria that have not been previously included in integrated care assessment frameworks, allowing for a pragmatic and comprehensive analysis of the care process. This framework can be used as a stand-alone or combined tool to guide managers to plan and evaluate the care process design of people-centred integrated care services; future work should apply this tool to other settings.