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Designing an integrated health care system — what are the key features?
Author(s)	Sasha Karakusevic
Journal title	Journal of Integrated Care, vol 18, issue 4, August 2010
Pages	pp 36-42
Source	http://www.pierprofessional.com doi:10.5042/jic.2010.0377
Keywords	Health services ; Services ; Coordination ; Interaction [welfare services] ; Planning [admin] ; Devon.
Annotation	This paper outlines results from experience gained while developing and delivering the South Devon Integrated Care Network (ICN) and from more recent experience as an Integrated Care Pilot (ICP) organisation. It demonstrates that by taking an integrated approach, a hospital can develop and prosper, and that it is possible to reduce the use of beds and manage care in the community within the levels of funding currently available. The paper focuses on integration at organisation level, and proposes a model of key system drivers and controls necessary to manage and integrated health and social care system. The next level of integration is at individual customer level, and the paper discusses the enablers for this. (RH).
Accession Number	CPA-101012005 A
Classmark	L: I: QAJ: QK6: QA6: 8DE
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