“Vertical integration” is all the rage in Canadian health care reform these days: a struggle is
underway to get hospitals and primary care providers communicating, coordinating and …

A report to the Department of Health and the NHS Future Forum: Integrated care for patients
and populations: Improving outcomes by working together | Policy Commons Skip to main …

LEATT, PINK AND GUERRIERE provide a very rational argument for moving the Canadian
healthcare system towards a more integrated model. They suggest that the current system in …

BACKGROUND: Vertical integration means merging organisations that operate at different
stages along the patient pathway. We focus on acute hospitals running primary care medical …

Does integrated care deliver the benefits expected?: Findings from 16 integrated care pilot
initiatives in England | Policy Commons Skip to main content Policy Commons Organizations …

This Issue of LJPC (9.3) follows hot on the heels of the very successful (London) City Health
Conference at which 160 participants and primary care leaders debated how to practically …

Christie Newton MD CCFP FCFP Canada's family medicine crisis is complex. The health
care system faces an aging population, increasing rates of chronic conditions, high rates of …

While the search continues for governance ar-rangements that support health system and
service integration, 1, 2 developments in New Zealand provide useful new insights. New …

Conclusion Integration strategies in Quebec and Ontario yield clinical autonomy and power
to physicians while simultaneously making them key partners in change. Contextual factors …

The concept of integrated care (IC), nowadays commonly adopted across the world, implies
a positive attitude towards addressing fragmentation of services provided inside health …