Journal of Integrated Care: Volume 26 Issue 1

Editorial

Axel Kaehne, Jon Glasby, Robin Miller

Stroke: the critically neglected first year post-stroke

Kenneth Gaines, Patricia Commiskey

Stroke is a leading cause of death and disability in the USA and worldwide. While stroke care has evolved dramatically, many new acute approaches to therapy focus only on the…

The business of integrated care: implementing new models of care in a fee-for-service setting

Serena Yu, Kees van Gool, Karen Edwards, Sue Kirby, Karen Gardner, Louise Robinson, Tricia Linehan, Mark Harris, Jane Hall

The Western New South Wales Integrated Care Strategy (ICS) was rolled out from November 2014 across three rural sites. The purpose of this paper is to assess its impact on general…

Change in mental health collaborative care attitudes and practice in Australia: Impact of participation in MHPN network meetings

Barbara Murphy, Chris Gibbs, Kate Hoppe, Deepika Ratnaike, Harry Lovelock

The Mental Health Professionals Network (MHPN) was established to support and enhance collaborative care among health professionals working in primary mental healthcare. The MHPN…

The perceptions regarding social workers from within an integrated trust in an age of austerity

Darryl James Phillipowsky

The purpose of this paper is to explore community professionals’: opinions concerning social worker’s roles and statutory functions; understanding of collaborative and cooperative…

Serious gaming as a method for changing stakeholders’ perspectives on integrated care

Kei Long Cheung, Eveline Stevens, Silvia M.A.A. Evers, Mickael Hiligsmann

Serious gaming provides opportunities to harmonize the views of stakeholders regarding integrated care. In order to provide first insights on the effects and stakeholders’…

Improving visiting nurses’ post-hospital medication management: A participatory approach

Mette Kollerup, Tine Curtis, Birgitte Schantz Laursen

Employing a participatory approach, the purpose of this paper is to identify possible areas for improvement in visiting nurses’ post-hospital medication management and to…

Service integration through medical leadership in England’s NHS

Steve Iliffe, Jill Manthorpe

The purpose of this paper is to explore the current interest in leadership within the National Health Service (NHS), especially within medicine, as a solution to the slow rate of…

Co-production in integrated health and social care programmes: a pragmatic model

Axel Kaehne, Andrea Beacham, Julie Feather

The purpose of this paper is to outline the current thinking on co-production in health and social care, examine the challenges in implementing genuine co-production and argue for…