...Ines Zuchowski; Albert Kuruvila; Tarun Sen Gupta; Rebecca Wielandt Purpose This study aims to explore the scope and practice of social workers in Australian general practice and evaluate the outcomes of social work practice in these settings. Design/methodology/approach Primary health care...

...Ines Zuchowski; Albert Kuruvila; Rebecca Lee; Simoane McLennan Purpose This study protocol provides an overview of research aimed to evidence social work contributions to general practitioner (GP) clinics and evaluating the value of social workers and students in such settings. The research...

... of integrated care. Although the model is inspired by local programmes, the model is highly transferable to other RPM programmes. Evaluation Integrated care Maturity assessment Telehealth Telemedicine Virtual care Integrated care refers to integrating aspects of care delivery and management...

...Di Bailey; Gabriella Jennifer Mutale Purpose This study examined the contribution of adult social work in integrated teams in the UK. Design/methodology/approach The study design was realist, evaluation research using a mixed methods approach. Data collection methods included interviews...

...Kathy Kornas; Meghan O'Neill; Catherine Y. Liang; Lori Diemert; Tsoleen Ayanian; Melissa Chang; Laura Rosella Integrated care Person-centred care Evaluation Thoracic surgery Qualitative analysis Care transitions in the health care system are often fragmented (Burton, 2012...

... services are planned, organised or delivered as well as the way in which we evaluate them. The increase in data availability creates particular challenges for evaluators in the field of integrated care and the purpose of this paper is to set out how we may usefully reframe these challenges in the longer...

... outcomes. The purpose of this paper is to explore summative, process and developmental approaches to evaluating complex interventions to determine how to best test this mess. This viewpoint draws on the evaluation and complex intervention literatures to describe the advantages and disadvantages...

... implementation and evaluation research. The nature, scope and depth of group commitments amongst students and practitioners of integration receive particular attention in line with Kuhn’s social interactionist approach. Findings Employing Kuhn’s notion of paradigm in the context of integration highlights...

...Axel Kaehne Discussion paper outlining the potential uses and risks of complexity theory for studying integration programmes in health and social care and programme evaluations in general. The paper proceeds by synthesising the work of various critics and proponents of complexity theory...

...Francesca Albanese; Rachel Hurcombe; Helen Mathie Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to present the findings of a small-scale evaluation of the Department of Health “Homeless Hospital Discharge Fund” (HHDF) in England. Design/methodology/approach – The paper is based on a mixed-method...

...Linda Jenkins; Charlotte Brigden; Annette King Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the needs of stroke survivors and the impact of a Life After Stroke service on users, and to explore the effectiveness of a service provided by a third sector organisation working closely with other...

...Angela Burrows; Kenneth Gannon Purpose The purpose of this study is to evaluate the efficacy of providing health and well‐being checks and six months support to unpaid carers. Changes in carer stress will be measured between baseline and final assessment. Design/methodology/approach...

... methodologies. Based on three experiments conducted in the province of Quebec, Canada, this article provides practical advice on key issues involved in evaluating integrated care models. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2008 Integration Evaluation Effectiveness Efficacy Outcome Research...

...Bengt Ahgren It seems impossible to create a comprehensive evaluation model which fully takes into account the multi‐dimensional context of integrated health and social care. Clinical integration, as a prerequisite for efficient outcomes of integration, must nonetheless get special attention...

...Andy Smith The article describes the Five Dimensions of Person‐Centredness, an evaluation tool developed specifically to explore supported living and inclusion‐orientated organisations. It explores some of the learning gained from using the evaluation process with four organisations in Scotland...

... the growing interest in Scotland in ‘networks’, especially the idea of ‘managed care networks’ in respect of services for older people. It looks at different interpretations of the concept, the determinants of network effectiveness, and how networks might be operationalised and evaluated. knowledge base...

...Martin Stevens This article presents plans to evaluate the individual budget pilots in England. The setting up of the 13 pilot projects is described, and the evaluation's questions and approaches are outlined. The article outlines some of the central challenges being encountered as the pilots get...

...Shandell Elmer; Sue Kilpatrick Capacity‐building evaluation featuring multidisciplinary cross‐agency workshops fostered continuous quality improvement, while focusing on skills required and systemic barriers to health care integration between GPs and a regional hospital. Using Project Evaluation...

...Bob Hudson The literature on inter‐professional working has not generally yielded evidence of great success, and this has led some to lose patience with the interprofessional enterprise. This article reports the findings of an evaluation of an ambitious programme to integrate social workers...

... and contributing to the development and integration of services. The principles outlined would also apply to adult services. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2005 Child Well‐Being Children's Services Evaluation Integration Multi‐Disciplinary Outcomes Outcome Measurement overview Measuring...