Year: 2015
Type: conference-paper
Abstract: In 2013, the UK Government announced a major £3.8 billion healthcare initiative, the Better Care Fund.This funding was intended to be used within local health and care systems to drive closer integration, create new service efficiencies, support technological innovation and most importantly, improve outcomes for patients and people with care and support needs.The research described in this paper uses the lens of systems integration to investigate how health and social care delivery, through the Better Care initiative, is currently being transformed in a major UK city.An action research approach is being used to determine the key issues and challenges that need to be addressed if new models of integrated health and social care are to be successful.Early findings indicate that an integration approach, informed by systems integration models and theory, can facilitate a better understanding of the potential challenges for integrating health and social care information systems.
Authors: Waring, Teresa, Wainwright, David
Institution: Northumbria University
Language: English
Subfield: General Health Professions
Field: Health Professions
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2292521964