Integration is the new buzzword. A wave of change is happening all over the world across all sites and levels of care – in the office spaces of general practitioners, in community care providers and hospitals – to reorganize care in a more coordinated and integrated fashion. Unfortunately, the innovations of successful reforms often remain local, unheard and unspoken of, with no platform for sharing and discussion. To witness the effects of integration on systems, providers, professionals and patients, we are holding the Global Conference on Integrated Care again at the Resorts World Convention Centre in Singapore from 1st – 3rd February 2018. This Conference brings together health and social care experts, practitioners, professionals and policy makers under one roof, to present and discuss an array of topics related to integrated care. It provides the platform for the sharing of best practices and experiences that we can bring back to our organizations.

The Conference Theme – “Advance! Accelerating the Integration of Care” – emphasises the urgency to transform health and social care. Three areas will be discussed:

• Care Integration in Practice will showcase innovative models of successful care integration around the world, focusing on the crucial elements that led to success.
• Enabling Integrated Care will study enablers that can spur care integration, such as judicious use of regulation, financing reform, and technology.
• Finally, Transcending Boundaries in Integrated Care will highlight the importance of cross-disciplinary collaboration in delivering effective care.

The journey to transform our care ecosystems is difficult and challenging. We need to learn quickly to catalyze our organizational reforms. The lessons from real-world projects are valuable to guide us towards the right direction.
Join more than 1,500 delegates and international speakers at GCIC2018 to meet, learn and share knowledge and to accelerate the integration of care.