Research in Integrated Care: The Need for More Emergent, People-Centred Approaches

The International Foundation for Integrated Care (IFIC) recently celebrated its 20 International Conference (ICIC20) through a virtual event that brought together patients and carers, academics, care professionals, NGOs, policy-makers and industry partners from across the global integrated care comm...

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Published in:International journal of integrated care 2020-10, Vol.20 (4), p.5-5
Main Authors: van der Vlegel-Brouwer, Wilma, van Kemenade, Everard, Stein, K Viktoria, Goodwin, Nick, Miller, Robin
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
complexity
emergence
Integrated delivery systems
Paradigms
Patients
people-centred
Professionals
research methodologies
Research methodology
Researchers
Total quality
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Summary:The International Foundation for Integrated Care (IFIC) recently celebrated its 20 International Conference (ICIC20) through a virtual event that brought together patients and carers, academics, care professionals, NGOs, policy-makers and industry partners from across the global integrated care community [1]. The International Journal for Integrated Care (IJIC) used this opportunity to host a workshop on published research in integrated care, specifically to reflect on the quality of existing scientific enquiry. A lively discussion on the current state of integrated care research concluded that there remained significant shortcomings to current methodologies - for example, in their ability to provide the depth of understanding required to support the knowledge needed to best inform policy and practice, particularly when addressing people-centredness. In part, the debate recognized how the nature of existing research funding, and prevailing attitudes and preferences towards certain research methodologies, were partly to blame (as has been noted by IJIC previously [23]). The workshop debated how research and researchers must change their focus in order to better contribute to the tenet of people-centred integrated care.
ISSN:1568-4156
1568-4156
DOI:10.5334/ijic.5627