Integrating Care in Scotland

Cathy Fooks; Jodeme Goldhar; Walter P Wodchis; G Ross Baker; Jane Coutts

doi:10.12927/hcq.2018.25702

Integrating Care in Scotland

Healthc Q. 2018 Oct;21(3):37-41. doi: 10.12927/hcq.2018.25702.

Authors

Cathy Fooks¹, Jodeme Goldhar², Walter P Wodchis³, G Ross Baker⁴, Jane Coutts⁵

Affiliations

¹ The president and CEO of The Change Foundation. Based in Toronto, the Foundation is dedicated to improving patient and caregiver experiences in Ontario's healthcare system.
² The executive lead, Strategy and Innovation, at The Change Foundation; adjunct faculty at the University of Toronto, Institute for Health Policy, Management and Evaluation; and senior associate for The International Foundation for Integrated Care (IFIC). Jodeme's focus is to advance the exchange of knowledge, information and practice to improve the experience between patients, caregivers, health service providers, policy makers, funders and researchers to drive integrated systems of care.
³ A professor at the Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation at the University of Toronto and research chair in Implementation and Evaluation Science at the Institute for Better Health, Trillium Health Partners. His main research interests are health economics and financing and healthcare policy evaluation. Dr. Wodchis has led several studies examining the complex needs of high-cost patient groups, the implementation of integrated care programs to address those needs and evaluations for a number of integrated care programs in Ontario.
⁴ A professor at the Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, the University of Toronto and program lead in quality improvement and patient safety. Ross is also the co-lead for IDEAS (Improving and Driving Excellence Across Sectors), a large quality improvement training program in Ontario. Ross's recent research projects include an edited book of case studies on patient engagement strategies, a demonstration project that assesses an innovative approach to monitoring and measuring patient safety and studies of the implementation, scale and spread of integrated care initiatives.
⁵ An Ottawa-based writer and editor specializing in healthcare issues. She is a former journalist and has also worked on knowledge transfer at the Canadian Health Services Research Foundation.

PMID: 30741154
DOI: 10.12927/hcq.2018.25702

Abstract

This issue of Healthcare Quarterly includes the second of a three-part series developed by Ontario's The Change Foundation featuring international perspectives on health service delivery models that improve system integration and ensure seamless services and better coordination. Part 1 featured Chris Ham, chief executive of the London-based King's Fund think tank. In this issue, Geoff Huggins, director for Health and Social Care Integration in Scotland, discusses Scotland's experience and lessons learned after legislating integrated health and social care in 2015.

MeSH terms

Delivery of Health Care, Integrated / organization & administration*
Health Care Reform / methods
Health Care Reform / organization & administration
Humans
National Health Programs / organization & administration
National Health Programs / standards
Scotland
Social Work / organization & administration*