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6/12/17 - 6/12/17 Online Canada

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

Webinar: Communities of Practice in Global Health

This webinar is the first of a series organized by the Canadian Society for International Health’s newly established SDGs for Health Community of Practice, organized in cooperation with different partners. Communities of Practice have existed in the global health landscape for several years, yet many experts are still unclear on their program theory and possible contributions in relation to the Sustainable Development Goals. Dr. Sameera Hussain will begin with an introduction to the SDGs for Health CoP as a follow up to the recent Canadian Conference on Global Health, followed by Pr. Bruno Meessen, who will present some key concepts and principles. He will share his analysis on persisting gaps in knowledge management for global health. On the basis of his own experience, he will suggest possible ways forward for experts to invest time and enthusiasm in our CoP. Bruno will then present The Collectivity, a new platform designed ...

5/12/17 - 5/12/17 Online None

Strengthening governance and accountability

Webinar: Making governance frameworks fit for practice

On Tuesday 5 December the Health Systems Governance Collaborative is hosting a free online webinar titled "Simply in order to amplify: Making governance frameworks fit for practice". Featured presenters Dr. Robert Fryatt, International Health Divison, Abt Associates Inc, and Dr. Sara Bennett, Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health. Background It is increasingly recognized that governance has a big impact on health system functions and accountability. Historical factors, structural elements, and power dynamics all have a large role to play. Social sciences have been at the forefront of understanding and explaining how governance influences health systems and the types of reforms that are needed. But recent work suggests that many governance frameworks are too complex to be practical and inhibit rather than promote progress. So do we need to make things simpler? This webinar invites members from SHAPES, the Health Systems Governance Collaborative and anyone ...

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

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 ...