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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)

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  • Five year evaluation of an integrated care initiative to improve the physical health of people living with severe mental illness: The Living Well, Living Longer program ICIC20 Virtual Conference – September 2020

  • Eighty percent of people living with severe mental illness have a coexisting physical health condition such as diabetes or hypertension

  • The program is built on four stages of screening, detection, initiation of treatment and ongoing management and has implemented three key strategies to improve health outcomes

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Five year evaluation of an integrated care initiative to improve the physical health of people living with severe mental illness: The Living Well, Living Longer program ICIC20 Virtual Conference – September 2020 Eighty percent of people living with severe mental illness have a coexisting physical health condition such as diabetes or hypertension. The Living Well, Living Longer (LWLL) program integrates physical health into the routine care of people with severe mental illness. The program is built on four stages of screening, detection, initiation of treatment and ongoing management and has implemented three key strategies to improve health outcomes.

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