Can Complexity Dynamics Be Harnessed to Improve Integration of Care? the Implementation of the Health Links in Ontario, Canada
2017
Attempts to understand the emergence of integrated care using traditional approaches provide limited insights. Increasingly, scholars are applying complex adaptive systems (CAS) theory to explain the implementation of integrated care policies and interventions. A CAS perspective suggests that integrated care […]
Evaluating the ‘Health Links’: A Case Study of the Role of Organizational Factors in Integrating Care in Ontario, Canada
2017
Adults with multiple chronic illnesses account for more than 75% of health care spending. Many are considered complex due to multimorbidity, high service use, and psychosocial vulnerability.
Organizational Context Matters: A Research Toolkit for Conducting Standardized Case Studies of Integrated Care Initiatives
2017
Introduction: The variable success of integrated care initiatives has led experts to recommend tailoring design and implementation to the organizational context. Yet, organizational contexts are rarely described, understood, or measured with sufficient depth and breadth in empirical studies or in […]
Operationalizing Patient-Centred Integrated Care: The Gap Between Discourse and Action in Ontario’s Health Links
2017
Organizational Factors in Integrated Healthcare Delivery Models: A Review of Measurement Tools
2016
Integrated Funding Models – Identifying Early Challenges and Drivers of Success
2016
Role of Context in Care Transition Interventions for Medically Complex Older Adults: A Realist Synthesis Protocol
2015
Approximately 30-50% of older adults have two or more conditions and are referred to as multimorbid or complex patients, who require extensive health care resources and often require visits to various healthcare providers. Managing the transition between these providers and […]
Setting Up for Success: North York Central Health Link
2014
Leading the Implementation of Health Links in Ontario
2014
In December 2012, the Ontario Government launched the Health Links, a strategy to integrate care for patients with complex health and social care needs. The Health Links bring together multiple clinical and social service providers on a voluntary basis, including […]
Providing Integrated Care for Older People With Complex Needs: Lessons From Seven International Case Studies
2014
People are living longer, increasing the incidence of multiple chronic conditions (MCCs). Older people with MCC increasingly live alone and the availability of informal care by spouses or family members is declining. These trends have resulted in a growing demand […]