ITINERARY
Barcelona, Catalonia,
SPAIN
15-17 March 2015
Transfer Day
18 March 2015
Three Country International
Study Tour on Integrated Care
Gesundes Kinzigtal, Haslach,
GERMANY
15th – 24th March 2015
19-20 March 2015
and the
Transfer Days
21-22 March 2015
15th International Conference
on Integrated Care
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NHS Highland, Inverness,
SCOTLAND
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25 – 27 March 2015
23-24 March 2015
GPNZ and IFIC invite you to a three-country international study
tour of Europe in March 2015. The focus will be to examine,
discuss and learn about integrated care processes and practices
from leading innovations and case examples in Europe. The
study tour is designed to support clinicians, managers and
policy-makers with an interest and responsibility in the
successful adoption of integrated care in policy and practice.
Key objectives:
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Examine whole-system reforms towards integrated care
Understand how policy and policy-making in different
countries has been developed to support integrated care
Assess the barriers, facilitators and key drivers for
integrated care at a regional and local level
Reflect upon the influence of governance and financial
incentives in the contracting and delivery of integrated care
Investigate innovative models of integrated primary,
community and hospital care; and integrated health and
social care
Appraise the impact of integration on quality and costs
ICIC15, Edinburgh
SCOTLAND
25-27 March 2015
Cost:
NZ$14,500 (incl. GST)
Includes:
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Facilitated study tour programme
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Twelve nights 4* accommodation,
including breakfast and lunches
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Internal
transfers
within
and
between study trip locations by
either bus, train and/or air
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Registration
for
the
conference in Edinburgh
ICIC15
Provisional Programme
Barcelona, Catalonia, SPAIN
Sun 15 March
Arrival in Barcelona, welcome and orientation at hotel
 Introduction to the Catalan Health System
Mon 16 March
Morning plenaries at Hospital Clinic Barcelona
 Introduction to the Hospital Clinic Barcelona
 Examination of integrated care projects and innovations in Catalonia
Afternoon site visits, potentially including:
 CAP Borrell / CAPSE (Primary Care Clinic)
 Integrated Care Clinic (Hospital Clinic Barcelona)
 Integrated Care Centre at Castadafells
Evening discussion session with facilitators and plenary session with Juan Carlos Contel Segura, Minister of
Health, followed by dinner at Local Restaurant
Tue 17 March
Morning transfers to Site Visits outside Barcelona to look at integrated care models in practice, including:
 Consorci sanitari Terrassa: Vertically integrated care organisation in Terrassa
 Consorci sanitari Osona: Virtually integrated primary, hospital and long-term care in Vic including
intermediate care centre
Afternoon plenary sessions at Hospital Clinic Barcelona and round-table with hosts
Evening at leisure
Gesundes Kinzigtal, GERMANY
Wed 18 March
Transfer day from Barcelona to Kinzigtal, Germany
 Welcome and orientation at hotel
 Introduction to Gesundes Kinzigtal and German Health Care System
Thu 19 March
Fri 20 March
Two-day programme involving a mix of plenary lectures and site visits, including:
 Examination of the Gesundes Kinzigtal organisational model involving a physician group network and
‘mutual accountability’ with a range of care providers
 Investigation of the evaluation and outcomes in terms of costs and quality
 Visits to primary care practices and other health facilities promoting integrated health and wellbeing
services to local people
Sat 21 March
Sun 22 March
Transfer days from Kinzigtal, Germany to Inverness Scotland with optional stop-over in Amsterdam,
Netherlands
NHS Highland, Inverness, SCOTLAND
Sun 22 March
Arrival in Inverness, NHS Highland
 Welcome and orientation at hotel
Mon 23 March
Morning transfer to offices of NHS Highland for morning plenaries
 The Scottish health and social care system
 Integrated care in NHS Highland
Afternoon site visits in three groups
 Mackenzie Centre/Royal Northern Infirmary - example of integration of health and social care services
 Telehealth – a look at how NHS Highland utilises Telehealth
 Invergordon – a small GP-led rural general hospital where they work very closely with consultant
services in Inverness and local social care services
Evening round-table discussion and dinner at local restaurant with invited guests
Tue 24 March
Morning transfer by coach to Fort William
 Examination of integrated health and social care provision
 Investigation of the West Lochabar Model of primary and community care integration to meet the
challenges of providing care in rural areas
Afternoon group discussion - observations and key lessons from the study tour
Transfers by train from Fort William to Edinburgh via Glasgow
ICIC15, Edinburgh, SCOTLAND
25-27 March
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15 International Conference on Integrated Care held at the Sheraton Grand Hotel and Spa.
Study Tour Facilitators
Nick Goodwin
Fiona Thomson
Co-founder and CEO,
International Foundation
for Integrated Care
and Senior Associate, The
King’s Fund, London
Fiona is the CEO of
General Practice NZ
and a Director of
Patients First Ltd, the
quality and information
programme
for
integrated care.
Further Information
Registration Process
The Three Country International Study Tour has a limited
number of places (a maximum of 16 delegates) and will
include delegates from a range of different countries. All
sessions will be conducted in English.
Participants for the study tours must complete and
return the registration form (below) and send this by
e-mail to the IFIC Team Administrator at
[email protected] or
[email protected].
Participants will learn through a combination of plenary
lectures, observational analysis during site visits, and
whole-group-discussions with presenters and facilitators.
During each visit, time will be put aside to build and
establish understanding of the home-country’s health and
care system and the innovations in integrated care are
being taken forward.
For further information visit the study tour website:
http://www.integratedcarefoundation.org/course/1595)
Terms and Conditions
Delegate registrations must be paid for in advance.
There will be no refunds available for cancellations
but delegates may substitute an alternative
participant at any time (though an additional charge
may be payable to cover logistical changes). IFIC
reserves the right to cancel this event at any time
and also to alter the programme, speakers and
venues should this be necessary due to
circumstances beyond our control or at the request
of participating delegates.
Host Organisations
Three Country International Study Tour on Integrated Care
REGISTRATION FORM
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