Integrated Homecare (IHC) - what it is about
In April 2009 this FP7 project on Integrated Homecare (IHC) launched research for better ways to ensure continuity in clinical care for patients with stroke, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and heart failure.
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Call for abstracts for the International Conference on Integrated Care
The International Journal for Integrated Care (IJIC), the International Network of Integrated Care (INIC), The University of Southern Denmark and the Julius Center of the University Medical Center Utrecht, have issued the Call for Abstracts for oral and poster presentations as part of the 11th Annual Conference on Integrated Care (INIC11) - "Recent Developments and Future Challenges of Integrated Care in Europe, Asia and Northern America".
One of the main themes of INIC11 will be integrated homecare and practical guidelines on IHC-stroke, IHC-Heart Failure and IHC-COPD as well as a draft of a comprehensive health technology assessment (HTA) of IHC will be presented at the conference by representatives of the IHC-project.
More information about the abstracts procedure can be found at www.integratedcare.org
IHC-project presentation
How we define Integrated Homecare
- IHC takes place in the home of the patient as part of an integrated care pathway between hospital services, primary care and social services for patients with specialized care and rehabilitation needs
- The IHC-pathway should be financially and administratively coordinated with a view to effectiveness and savings on stationary resources in health care and/or social services
- IHC is performed by a multidisciplinary team in collaboration with the patient in the home of the patient as well as in the hospital passing eventual general care needs to the community care setting
- The IHC-team focuses on effectiveness, quality, access and user satisfaction in an economic way and uses Tele-facilities as far as they serve these goals
Sign up for IHC news
Get updated on the latest IHC development through our newsletter. Invitées for the 2nd Annual Consortium Meeting (taking place at INIC11, March 31 and April 1 2011, at University of Southern Denmark, Odense) will be recruited among subscribers actively contributing to our project - e.g. by organizing a local workshop on IHC.
Also, a number of active subscribers will be invited by the project as external reviewers of a draft of the Health Technology Assessment (HTA) as well as the practical guides for Stroke, heart failure and COPD to be discussed at the 2nd Annual Meeting.
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