This event is presented by the International Foundation for Integrated Care (IFIC), The International Journal of Integrated Care (IJIC), Portuguese Healthcare Service, NOVA National School of Public Health, Portuguese Association for Integrated Care and the Presidency of the Portuguese Republic.
# Synergising Health and Care: Leveraging Integrated Care for a Sustainable Future
With the overarching theme ‘Synergising Health and Care: Leveraging Integrated Care for a Sustainable Future’ the conference will bring together leaders, researchers, clinicians, managers, community representatives, patients and caregivers from around the world who are engaged in the design and delivery of integrated health and care.
# Conference Themes and Pillars
ICIC25 is arranged around 4 conference themes and 9 pillars of Integrated Care
The conference themes are:
- Healthy All Around: Integrated Care Strategies for Universal Health Coverage
- Collaborative Approaches in Integrated Care: Leveraging Partnerships for Health and Development
- Inclusive Health: Integrated Care to Reduce Inequality Within and Among Countries
- Healthy and sustainable habitats: integrated care against climate change
The 9 Pillars of Integrated Care are:
- Shared values and vision
- Population health needs and local context
- People as partners in health and care
- Resilient communities and new alliances
- Workforce capacity and capability
- System wide governance and leadership
- Digital solutions
- Aligned payment systems
- Transparency of progress, results & impact
# Submit an abstract
Abstracts for oral papers, posters, workshops, and networking sessions will be accepted until Thursday, October 31. See this page for details.
# Patients Included
ICIC25 is co-designed with patients and caregivers and achieves Patients Included designation. Special consideration is given to papers that demonstrate active people involvement and engagement in either or all of design, implementation and evaluation. Patient and Caregivers attend the conference for free, but we cannot cover accommodation and travel costs. We encourage papers from patient and caregivers, but also suggest that health and care researchers and practitioners should encourage patient and caregiver partners to co-present where appropriate and fund travel and accommodation costs if possible.