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5/12/17 - 5/12/17 London United Kingdom

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

Enhanced health in care homes: Lessons from good practice on embedding integrated care

This conference is for care home providers, health care providers, and commissioners who are thinking through how to improve the quality of life and health care for people living in care homes. It will share lessons from the six vanguards for enhanced health in care homes, and other local examples of good practice, to enable attendees to learn from initiatives that have worked well and can be replicated across the country.

23/11/17 - 23/11/17 Glasgow United Kingdom

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

Scottish Digital Health & Care: Implementing mHealth in Catalonia and Scotland

The workshop is a knowledge exchange activity organised as part of the inter-regional collaboration on digital health and care between TicSalut in Catalonia and NHS 24 in Scotland. Catalonia developed one of the first regional mHealth strategies in Europe and has many lessons to share with Scottish stakeholders relating to the development, accreditation and implementation of mHealth apps and services. This interactive workshop will explore: - mHealth strategies in Catalonia and Scotland- mHealth accreditation models- mHealth service models and interoperability- Co-production and person-centred mHealth The aims of the session are to: - raise awareness of mHealth developments in both regions and share learning with Scottish stakeholders;- build relationships between the regions;- identify potential areas / themes for future collaboration in this area Session Moderator: Dr Paul Campbell, Chair of Mobile App Working Group (Scotland) and Clinical Lead, eHealth Strategy and Policy Team, Scottish Government For more information and to register, please visit: https ...

21/11/17 - 21/11/17 Glasgow United Kingdom

Meeting the Challenge of Ageing: Putting the Citizens at the Heart of Integrated Care in Europe

As part of Scotland’s engagement in the European Innovation Partnership on Active and Healthy Ageing (EIP on AHA) and the Reference Sites Collaborative Network (RSCN), Scotland has lead the development of a tool to assess regions’ progress and maturity in the provision of integrated care and innovative solutions for active and healthy ageing. The online self-assessment tool is intended to stimulate discussion, to encourage stakeholders to share experiences, and to reach out those stakeholders who can help Europe to accelerate its journey towards innovative integrated care systems to meet future demands. Core to this process is the involvement of as wide a range of stakeholders as possible. At this event, which will take place in the context of the Scottish Digital Health and Care Week, European Week of Regions and the Committee of the Regions ‘Reflecting on Europe’ initiative, we will bring together public policy-makers, healthcare professionals, representatives of ...

20/11/17 - 20/11/17 Webinar None

IFIC Webinar: Technology Enabled Care for Older People

This webinar in our second series of Integrated Care Matters will focus on Technology Enabled Care for older people. The webinar will take place on Monday, 20th November at 12.00pm at 1.00pm GMT (UK Time) and will last for one hour. The webinar is free to access but places are allocated on a first come basis to a limited number so make sure to book your place early. Registration https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/webinar-integrated-care-matters-series-2-technology-enabled-care-for-older-people-tickets-38534310159 About the IFIC Webinar Series The International Foundation for Integrated Care is delighted to introduce the 2nd series of webinars on people-centred integrated care in practice. This series will have a particular focus on active and healthy ageing and preventing and managing frailty. The webinars will be hosted by IFIC Scotland in collaboration with the University of the West of Scotland, the Institute of Research and Innovation in Social Services, and the ...

13/11/17 - 17/11/17 Dublin Ireland

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

Fourth Global Forum on Human Resources for Health

The global community is presented with an unprecedented challenge and an opportunity: to avert a potential 18 million health worker shortfall and shape increasing demand for additional health and social workforce jobs. In doing so, we will make progress towards universal health coverage and global health security while also contributing to gains across the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development (e.g. quality education, gender equality, reduced inequalities, decent jobs and inclusive economic growth). Last year brought forward a wave of exciting opportunities to markedly change the global health workforce situation. The Global Strategy on Human Resources for Health: Workforce 2030 and the UN High-Level Commission on Health Employment and Economic Growth’s report, Working for Health and Growth present a vital road map to ensure an adequate, fit for purpose and sustainable workforce to address current and future needs. Together, they make the case for more and better investments, with ...

6/11/17 - 9/11/17 Tapei Taiwan, Province Of China

41st World Hospital Congress

The 41st World Hospital Congress (WHC) will take place on November 6-9, 2017 at the Taipei International Convention Centre, and will tackle the theme “Patient-friendly & Smarter Healthcare”. Healthcare leaders and professionals from both national healthcare organizations and hospitals will attend the congress to present case studies, implementation of new technologies and policies. Tackling current and emerging challengesThe conference is bringing on the forefront representatives of national organizations that will be presenting how in their respective countries they respond to the current and emerging challenges for providing quality and safe health services to the population. Taiwan will share “Patient-centered NHI Medi-Cloud System” and personalized “My Health Bank System”. Among many sessions, changes in health services delivery models will be presented like the experience of the Norwegian Patient Safety Campaign.Professionalization of healthcare management is a global priority after adopting a global directory on core competencies. The development of the web based ...

6/11/17 - 8/11/17 Brisbane Australia

Engaging and empowering people and communities, Reorienting the model of care

1st Asia Pacific Conference on Integrated Care (APIC1)

The International Foundation of Integrated Care (IFIC) in partnership with the Children’s Health Queensland (CHQ) and Queensland Health’s Clinical Excellence Division, presents the 1st Asia Pacific Confe rence on Integrated Care “Inspiring new ideas and stronger partnerships for improving population health” to take place in Brisbane, Australia from 6-8 November 2017. The conference brought together researchers, clinicians and managers from the Asia Pacific region and around the world who are engaged in the design and delivery of integrated health and care services. They shared experiences and the latest evidence generated around the following key conference themes: New Models of Care Delivery; Child and Youth Health; Rural and Remote Health; Mental Health; and Engaging and Empowering Communities. Access to all contents here. Presentations from the conference are available to download here Videos from the conference are available to watch here Pictures from the conference are available to view and ...

31/10/17 - 31/10/17 London United Kingdom

Engaging and empowering people and communities, Reorienting the model of care

Community health services: Shifting the focus to out-of-hospital care (The Kings Fund)

This one day conference will look at how the health and care system can make the best possible use of community health services to meet the changing needs of the population. The conference is aimed at: people working at a local strategic level who want to know how they can shift the focus of care from hospitals to community services – in line with the requirements set out in the NHS five year forward view people working in community health services that have responsibility for designing services for their population. Despite a long history of policy initiatives about moving care from hospital to community services, there has not yet been a step-change in the focus of delivery. Come to the event to find out what new changes are happening nationally to enable community services to take up their role in an integrated health and care system. Learn from evidence-based examples and ...

30/10/17 - 30/10/17 Toronto Canada

14th Global Conference on Ageing: Towards a Decade of Healthy Ageing – From Evidence to Action

The International Federation for Ageing's (IFA) 14th Global Conference will be hosted in Toronto, Canada from 8–10 August 2018. The conference will revolve around four key themes related to the field of ageing, and will feature prominent experts presenting and discussing critical issues. The conference is proud to be supported by an international network of partners. The title of IFA’s 14th Global Conference, “Towards a Decade of Healthy Ageing – From Evidence to Action,” is in response to the World Health Organization (WHO) Global Report on Ageing and Health and the subsequent goals of the WHO Global Strategy and Action Plan (2016). The Global Strategy and Action Plan is a significant and much needed step forward in establishing a framework for Member States. The IFA, in its formal relations with the WHO, is strongly committed, through the platform of our Global Conference and attending delegates, to contributing to ...

18/10/17 - 18/10/17 Online United Kingdom

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

WEBINAR Integrated Care Matters Series 2- Preventing and Managing Frailty

The International Foundation for Integrated Care is delighted to introduce the 2nd series of webinars on people-centred integrated care in practice. This series will have a particular focus on active and healthy ageing and preventing and managing frailty. The webinars will be hosted by IFIC Scotland in collaboration with the University of the West of Scotland, the Institute of Research and Innovation in Social Services, and the Health and Social Care Alliance. Each monthly webinar will feature health and care practitioners from Scotland in conversation with colleagues from across the World and with insights from people who currently use health and social care support. All of our ‘Home and Away’ presenters have experience of implementing people-centred integrated care for older people and will offer practical tips and peer support as part of IFIC’s global community of practice. Each webinar will extend IFIC’s on-line knowledge tree by collating information ...