The 4th Smart Health Community of Practice: Integrated Care in Singapore: if not now, then when?

Integrated Care does not have the same meaning to all stakeholders. Decision makers who focus on healthcare understand and apply the concept in different ways to leaders who focus on the delivery of social services. Whilst decision makers and practitioners in both fields recognise the benefits of integrating care across boundaries, challenges arise as a result of such varying approaches. 

In this presentation, Dr. Hector Upegui will share international findings on the differences in the perspectives of decision makers in healthcare and social services. The purpose of this discussion is to demonstrate how these underlying differences in perspective lead to different actions. The speaker will suggest that, considering the same population is being served, health and social service organisations should ultimately focus on the impact of integrating actions. In doing so, decision makers and stakeholders may be motivated to better align their efforts in order to benefit the individual, their family and the community. The goal of this presentation is to show the importance of working together, assisted by innovative technology, for improved health outcomes.

The Smart Health Community of Practice (CoP) Forum
The Smart Health Community of Practice (CoP) is composed of professionals from across the health and medical ecosystem, united by their interest in exploring how technology, data, innovation and empathic design can help people experience better health and care. The Community of Practice is formed with the objective of supporting the adoption of technology in innovative and integrated platforms across the health, wellbeing and medical landscape, through peer-to-peer sharing, learning, and the promotion of collaboration across organisational and industry boundaries, through a vibrant network of practitioners.

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