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July 31, 2017 Americas Publication

Engaging and empowering people and communities, Reorienting the model of care, Creating an enabling environment

Coming Problems in Behavioral Health Care

People with serious mental health and substance abuse disorders remain among the most neglected stigmatized in our health and social services systems. Many with profoundi disabilities are impoverished, are unable to work and at risk of homelessness. Fortunatelly, the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and expansions and implementation of the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity of 2008 provided a significant turning point in addressing these challenges vital to the nation´s health.

collateral damage, community, integrated services, mental health, person centred care, population health

Feb. 10, 2017 Europe Publication

Engaging and empowering people and communities, Strengthening governance and accountability, Reorienting the model of care, Coordinating services within and across sectors, Creating an enabling environment

Barriers and facilitators to the implementation of person-centred care in different healthcare contexts

Background To empower patients and improve the quality of care, policy-makers increasingly adopt systems to enhance person-centred care. Although models of person-centredness and patient-centredness vary, respecting the needs and preferences of individuals receiving care is paramount. In Sweden, as in other countries, healthcare providers seek to improve person-centred principles and address gaps in practice. Consequently, researchers at the University of Gothenburg Centre for Person-Centred Care are currently delivering person-centred interventions employing a framework that incorporates three routines. These include eliciting the patient's narrative, agreeing a partnership with shared goals between patient and professional, and safeguarding this through documentation. Aim To explore the barriers and facilitators to the delivery of person-centred care interventions, in different contexts. Method Qualitative interviews were conducted with a purposeful sample of 18 researchers from seven research studies across contrasting healthcare settings. Interviews were transcribed, translated and thematically analysed, adopting some basic features of grounded theory ...

health care services, person centred care, active patients, empower patients, facilitators, healthcare providers, improve the quality of care, leadership, person-centred interventions, policy-makers, qualitative interviews, training

July 21, 2016 Africa News

Engaging and empowering people and communities, Strengthening governance and accountability, Reorienting the model of care

WHO supports Seychelles on People-Centred Care

WHO supported a two day symposium on 15th and 16th of July 2016 in the Seychelles, which aimed to familiarize health care team with the concepts of patient-centred care, and agree on the application of patient-centred care mechanisms, taking cognizance of the Seychelles context. The symposium was attended by 180 participants, drawn from the respective health professions, policy makers in health, patient care groups, and media stakeholders. The facilitation was led by Dr. Delanyo Dovlo, Director of Health Systems and Services in AFRO and included Nuria Toro Polanco from WHO/Geneva Service Delivery team. The symposium was opened by the Minister of Health Mrs. Mitcy Larue, who highlighted the need for person-centredness in provision of services and attainment of the health goals of the Seychellois people. Minister Larue highlighted the need to understand that the person is a full participant in the process of designing and providing health care. Seychelles ...

person centred care, seychelles, symposium, technical assistance, world health organization

June 27, 2016 Global News

Reorienting the model of care

4th International Congress of Person Centered Medicine

The 4th International Congress of Person Centered Medicine will be held in Madrid, Spain, from the 7-9 of November 2016, in Campus of the Francisco de Vitoria University. The main topics for this congress are: Person Centered Medical Education: Need for a new Model Role of Humanities and Humanism in Medical Education Doctor – Patient Clinical Communication as “core theme” in Humanizing Clinical Practice Humanism and Bioethics in Medical Education Clinical Simulation in Medical Education Person Centered Medicine: Perspective from Healthcare Systems Person Centered Medicine: Perspective from Perspective from patients Deadline for abstracts: September 15, 2016 Preliminary Scientific Program For more information: Website

education, people-centered care, people-centered health care, person centred care, bioethics, clinical practice, humanism

May 26, 2016 Europe Publication

Reorienting the model of care, Coordinating services within and across sectors

Reshaping the workforce to deliver the care patients need

Workforce structure is one of the most difficult things to modulate in health systems. Current transition to new models of care could be a good opportunity to make workforce structure match actual needs of systems and populations. In this report, published by the Nuffield Trust, it is analyzed how organizations could reshape their current workforce and what the benefits would be:There is a need to evolve from an illness-based system to a patient-centred system.Workforce should meet future needs by incorporating professionals with a vision aligned with future models of care.There are opportunities to develop the current workforce at all grades: from redeploying support staff, extending the skills of registered professionals and training advanced practitioners.There is good evidence that support workers can provide good-quality, patient-focused care as well as reduce the workload of more highly qualified staff. Investment here could provide a cost-effective and rapid solution to ...

coordination of care, family medicine, general medicine, new competencies, organization and delivery of care, organizational change, person centred care, person-centred care, primary care, primary health care, professionals

May 16, 2016 Europe Publication

Voices on person-centred care

What is person-centred care to a patient, a physician, a nurse, a hospital head of department, an industry representative and a researcher? How do these people, who all have experience of receiving or working with person-centred care, see person-centred care from their perspectives? Short film clips from the University of Gothenburg Centre for Person-centred Care - GPCC. GPCC is an in terdisciplinary research centre, established in January 2010, with the support of the Swedish government's strategic investment in health and care research. Uniquely GPCC has evaluated the effects of person-centred care in controlled studies. This has established that person-centred care is capable of enhancing the efficiency of the care process. Apart from considerable monetary savings resulting from amongst other things shorter hospital stays, significant positive effects from a patient perspective have been seen, as care is adapted to each individual person and his or her resources are made use of.

care coordination, care planning, hospitals, integrated care, multidisciplinary team, nurses, patient partnership, patient-as-partner, person centred care, person-centred care, physicians

May 16, 2016 Europe Multimedia

Voices on person-centred care

care coordination, care planning, hospitals, integrated care, multidisciplinary team, nurses, patient partnership, patient-as-partner, person centred care, person-centred care, physicians

April 24, 2016 Europe Publication

Engaging and empowering people and communities, Reorienting the model of care, Coordinating services within and across sectors

Person-centred care in Europe: a cross-country comparison of health system performance, strategies and structures

In February 2016, the international charity Picker Institute Europe published a policy briefing titled “Person-centred care in Europe: a cross-country comparison of health system performance, strategies and structures”. The document provides an overview of policy and practice relating to person-centred care in England, Italy, Spain, Germany and the Netherlands. The briefing focuses on both quality and efficiency of care and highlights recent innovations and adaptations driven by the rise of noncommunicable diseases and financial challenges. For example, in the Netherlands, models of care have shifted towards both prevention and an increased usage of primary care for handling patients with chronic conditions. In Spain, basic primary care services are available within a 15-minute radius of any place of residence. Moreover, patients who have received specialist care are referred back to their primary care doctor, who has a comprehensive view of the patient based on the full medical history. This makes care ...

efficiency, expansion of primary care-based systems, person centred care

April 20, 2016 Europe Publication

Coordinating services within and across sectors

Medicines optimisation: the safe and effective use of medicines to enable the best possible outcomes

This guideline offers best practice advice on the care of all people who are using medicines and also those who are receiving suboptimal benefit from medicines, from the point of view of NICE based of the best available evidence. Medicines prevent, treat or manage many illnesses or conditions and are the most common intervention in healthcare. However, it has been estimated that between 30% and 50% of medicines prescribed for long?term conditions are not taken as intended (World Health Organization 2003). This issue is worsened by the growing number of people with long term conditions (long?term condition is defined as 'a condition that cannot, at present, be cured but is controlled by medication and/or other treatment/therapies'). The number of long term conditions a person may have also increases with age, being reported that 25% of people aged over 60 years report having 2 or more long ...

medicine, patient safety, person centred care, polypharmacy, treatment