Journal of Integrated Care: Volume 13 Issue 3

Editorial

Peter Thistlethwaite

Policy and Legal Influences on Inter‐Organisational Information Sharing in Health and Social Care Services

Susan Richardson, Sheena Asthana

Given pressures both to share and to protect personal information in inter‐agency service provision, this article reviews the ways in which policy and legal influences shape…

Data Sharing: An Introduction

John Dow

The law on data sharing is complex and uncertain, making it difficult for practitioners to balance rules on disclosing data in the public or individual interest with those…

The ICON Model — Progress on a Case Study for Developing Integrated Care in Ireland

Helen Tucker, Veronica Larkin, Martina Martin

This article updates an article in Issue 12 (5) of the Journal of Integrated Care, which explained the first two phases of the ICON project in the Midland Area of Ireland. It…

An Outcome‐Based Approach to Domiciliary Care

Lucianne Sawyer

The article presents an approach to commissioning and providing domiciliary care on the basis of outcomes, in the context of current policy. It is suggested that this approach may…

A Framework for Interprofessional Capability: Developing Students of Health and Social Care as Collaborative Workers

Frances Gordon, Claire Walsh

Modernised health and social care services require that qualifying practitioners have the necessary skills for them to practise collaboratively. The nature of interprofessional…

Significant Life Events: Developing Knowledge for Care at the End of Life in Old Age

Liz Lloyd, Ailsa Cameron

A better understanding of experiences of the end of life in old age is important for practitioners, but there are considerable methodological and ethical challenges to research in…

The Sandwell Telecare Project

Paul Waddington, Barry Downs

This article begins with a case study of the Sandwell Telecare Project, an innovatory venture to pioneer the introduction of electronic aids to enable vulnerable people to live…