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)
Highlights
Care fragmentation is associated with lower care quality and greater resource consumption, thereby raising healthcare costs
It is complicated by increasingly specialised providers, growing multimorbidity disease burden and case-complexity, and systemic issues of poor coordination and information sharing
The monthly Multidisciplinary Joint Occupational Medicine (MJOM) clinic was established in a large tertiary hospital for complex cases with clinically-related sociooccupational issues
Summary
Care fragmentation is associated with lower care quality and greater resource consumption, thereby raising healthcare costs. It is complicated by increasingly specialised providers, growing multimorbidity disease burden and case-complexity, and systemic issues of poor coordination and information sharing. We discuss our experience implementing such clinics for patients with suspected work-related complaints
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