BH task force: COVID‐19 drives need for integrated physical, MH, SUD care

Integrated Care: A Pill for All Ills?

There is an increasing policy emphasis on the integration of care, both within the healthcare sector and also between the health and social care sectors, with the simple aim of ensuring that individuals get the right care, in the right place, at the right time. However, implementing this simple aim is rather more complex. In this editorial, we seek to make sense of this complexity and ask: what...

Transitions of Care Task Force Report

Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care

Overview The topic, children of alcoholics (COA), has not been previously addressed by the Canadian Task Force on the Periodic Health Examination. However, related topics, such as fetal alcohol syndrome and problem drinking, have been covered elsewhere in this book. The focus of this report is children aged 0 to 18 years, who live with an alcoholic, or alcohol-abusing parent. Clinical and resea...

Payment reform and integrated care: the need for evaluation

Countries face the twin challenge of providing highquality care while keeping care systems affordable and accessible during a time of financial crisis and low economic growth. In many countries, payment reforms are seen as a major lever to achieve these challenges. The rationale behind payment reforms emerges from the recognition that the current funding systems are a key cause of care fragment...

Taking integrated care forward: the need for shared values

At our recent 13th International Conference on Integrated Care we examined a number of key challenges to the successful adoption of integrated care [1]. The focus of debate centred on four key systemic questions: what kinds of payment system best incentivise integrated care?; which organisational solutions are most effective?; how can care be better co-ordinated around people’s needs?; and what...