Journal of Integrated Care: Volume 25 Issue 3

Editorial

Jon Glasby, Robin Miller, Axel Kaehne

Early findings from the evaluation of the Integrated Care and Support Pioneers in England

Bob Erens, Gerald Wistow, Sandra Mounier-Jack, Nick Douglas, Tommaso Manacorda, Mary Alison Durand, Nicholas Mays

Integrating health and social care is a priority in England, although there is little evidence that previous initiatives have reduced hospital admissions or costs. In total, 25…

One Ilfracombe: Piecing together the public sector puzzle using a person-centred, local system approach

Andrea Beacham

The purpose of this paper is to report the findings of a horizontal integration programme in the South West of England. The programme was unusual insofar as it included the full…

People powered primary care: learning from Halton

Mark Swift

A community-centred approach to health called Community Wellbeing Practices (CWP) is being offered to patients at all 17 GP practices in Halton in order to respond more…

Promoting integration within the public health domain of physical activity promotion: Insights from a UK case study

Sandy Whitelaw, Chris Topping, Michele McCoy, Lindsay Turpie

The purpose of this paper is to report and critically reflect on the methodological processes involved in a formal attempt to promote health and social integration in the rarely…

Development, implementation and evaluation of nurse-led integrated, person-centred care with long-term conditions

Clare Lynette Harvey, Jonathan Sibley, Janine Palmer, Andrew Phillips, Eileen Willis, Robert Marshall, Shona Thompson, Susanne Ward, Rachel Forrest, Maria Pearson

The purpose of this paper is to outline a conceptual plan for innovative, integrated care designed for people living with long-term conditions (LTCs).

Care transitions as street-level work: Providers’ perspectives on the dilemmas and discretions of older people’s transitions across acute, sub-acute and primary care

Michele Foster, Desley Harvey, Rachel Quigley, Edward Strivens

Quality care transitions of older people across acute, sub-acute and primary care are critical to safety and cost, which is the reason interventions to improve practice are a…

Care coordination agreements in the Veterans Healthcare Administration

Sherry Ball, Michelle Montpetite, Christine Kowalski, Zach Gerdes, Glenn Graham, Susan Kirsh, Julie Lowery

The Veterans Healthcare Administration (VHA) has promoted Specialty Care Neighborhoods (SCN) to enhance the coordination of services between primary and specialty care. Care…

Towards accessible integrated palliative care: Perspectives of leaders from seven European countries on facilitators, barriers and recommendations for improvement

Marlieke den Herder-van der Eerden, Benjamin Ewert, Farina Hodiamont, Michaela Hesse, Jeroen Hasselaar, Lukas Radbruch

Literature suggests that integrated palliative care (IPC) increases the quality of care for palliative patients at lower costs. However, knowledge on models encompassing all…