Abstract
How do you apply top-down and bottom-up approaches to advance integrated health systems? This engaging panel workshop features international policymakers and health system leaders. They will share insights on jurisdictional policy enablers and barriers to advancing integrated care. Facilitated dialogue will focus on global priorities including mental health and addictions, frail seniors, and COVID-19 response and recovery. Each panelist will also share insights on how their jurisdiction is meaningfully engaging and partnering with patients and caregivers in policy development and implementation.
Attendees will learn about Health Standard Organization’s Integrated People-Centred, Health Systems (IPCHS) standard, including ten foundational design principles and how these relate to international frameworks (e.g., IFIC’s nine pillars). Panel members will reference the design principles as they share policy experience and evidence in their jurisdiction. Participants will learn jurisdictional strategies and how to apply the IPCHS standard in a variety of settings and populations.
Despite national and international commitment to implement integrated delivery systems, there is an absence of national standards that support evidence-based design, implementation, and monitoring for improvement. COVID-19 exacerbated equitable care gaps and increased the fragmented experience that exists for vulnerable populations, who most stand to benefit from integrated care.
This panel workshop is for policymakers and system leaders who identified the integration of health and social services as a priority. Through polling, facilitated dialogue and presentations, participants will gain knowledge and examples of:
-The IPCHS standard, including 10 design principles, action-oriented criteria and guidelines that guide requirements for effective health system integration.
-Policy enablers and barriers experienced in jurisdictions in Canada and Europe.
-Meaningful patient engagement at the policy and system level to advance integrated care.
The aim is to help attendees apply insights to operationalize this evidence within their local contexts, settings and populations.
This panel workshop will be of particular interest for policy makers, health system leaders and patient partners seeking to advance integrated care within their jurisdiction. It will be useful regardless of the level of integration maturity of the jurisdiction or sector represented.
Panelists:
Leslee Thompson: CEO, HSO & Accreditation Canada
Ronald Goguen, Project Manager, Child & Youth Services, Govt of New Brunswick, Canada
Eliana Barrenho, Health Economist/Policy Analyst, OECD
Denis Herbaux, CEO PAQS, Belgium
Facilitator: Patricia Sullivan-Taylor: Executive Lead, Strategic Policy & Partner Engagement, HSO and AC
Ninety-minute panel workshop with policy makers and health system leaders includes:
10m: Objectives, introduction, interactive poll
10m: Context on co-design approach and evidence behind HSO’s IPCHS standards and10 design principles; poll
40m: Panelist presentations; 2 polls-Jurisdictional context-populations served, priority areas; policy enablers, barriers and plans to address; examples of meaningful patient engagement that is advancing integrated people-centred care
20m: Facilitated dialogue with participants based on polling result/virtual & in-person input
10m: Key messages; additional resources; final poll
Creating integrated people-centred health systems is a complex undertaking and takes decades to achieve. Participants will learn concrete examples of aligned policy enablers, meaningful engagement and potential barriers to avoid. The IPCHS standard provides a customizable top-down and bottom-up approach for governments and health systems.