Is there a relationship between the degree of readiness to chronicity and the expected outcomes in Basque Integrated Healthcare Organisations? | Zendy

Nuria Toro | Zendy; Roberto Nuño-Solinís | Zendy; Iciar Perez Irazusta | Zendy; Teresa Garmendia Tolosa | Zendy

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Is there a relationship between the degree of readiness to chronicity and the expected outcomes in Basque Integrated Healthcare Organisations?

Author(s) -

Nuria Toro,

Roberto Nuño-Solinís,

Iciar Perez Irazusta,

Teresa Garmendia Tolosa

Publication year - 2014

Publication title -

international journal of integrated care

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.083

H-Index - 32

ISSN - 1568-4156

DOI - 10.5334/ijic.1722

Subject(s) - integrated care , health care , quality (philosophy) , business , knowledge management , order (exchange) , healthcare service , process management , nursing , psychology , medicine , computer science , political science , law , philosophy , epistemology , finance

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

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