Abstract
Introduction: Three years ago several Integrated Healthcare Organisations (IHOs) were created in the Basque Country, involving primary and secondary level into one single organisation. These brand new structures aim at achieving a more proactive, coordinated and integrated approach to care so that quality and efficiency is improved. In order to monitor the evolution of these organisations some assessment tools have been applied. On the one hand, the ARCHOIEMAC1,2 (Assessment of Readiness for Chronicity in Health Care Organisations)instrument, that is based on the Chronic Care Model” and allows self-assessment of healthcare organisations with respect to their degree of readiness to provide integrated care, has been extensively used. On the other hand, a questionnaire3 to assess interprofessional collaboration between two different care
Highlights
Three years ago several Integrated Healthcare Organisations (IHOs) were created in the Basque Country, involving primary and secondary level into one single organisation
A questionnaire3 to assess interprofessional collaboration between two different care levels based on Damour Model of collaboration4, is key to draw a picture on how collaboration between primary and secondary professionals, which is cornerstone to coordination, is evolving
Information deriving from ARCHO-IEMAC can be linked to the evolution in the collaboration questionnaire values and to final outcomes evolution
Summary
Three years ago several Integrated Healthcare Organisations (IHOs) were created in the Basque Country, involving primary and secondary level into one single organisation. Mr Roberto Nuño Solinís, Director of the Basque Institute of Healthcare Innovation, Spain Mrs Iciar Perez Irazusta, Director of Bidasoa Integrated Healthcare Organisation, Spain
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