Abstract
The International Journal of Integrated Care (IJIC) is an online, open-access, peer-reviewed scientific journal that publishes original articles in the field of integrated care on a continuous basis.IJIC has an Impact Factor of 5.120 (2020 JCR, received in June 2021)The IJIC 20th Anniversary Issue was published in 2021.
Highlights
Medical and healthcare practice in the 21st century is expected to be ‘evidence-based’
The collection of evidence to demonstrate that an innovation is suitable for adoption within health services is normally the responsibility of the supplier or inventor, often through an evaluation or pilot study
Evaluations are usually designed to answer the questions ‘does it work?’ and ‘does it save money, or offer better benefits for the same money?’ For telehealth solutions, many innovations are piloted and performance evaluated, but relatively few pass into mainstream adoption (Joseph et al, 2011)
Summary
Medical and healthcare practice in the 21st century is expected to be ‘evidence-based’. Health services need to assess evidence about new technologies and innovations, but current processes are highly structured and too focussed on ‘facts’ without a recognition of the values that are incorporated or the beliefs and principles of service users (Stamm and Perednia, 2000,Koch, 2006). In the development, marketing, adoption, and implementation of telehealth , communication, training, cultural sensitivity, and end-user customisation are critical.
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