SCIROCCO Exchange - Capacity-building support for integrated care

Abstract

Issue/Problem

Integrated care is a recognised solution to address the challenge of ageing population. Hence, it is important to commit to opportunities that increase the readiness and capacity of regions to implement integrated care. Knowledge transfer has been greatly recognised as an effective enabler of capacity-building support. However, effective knowledge transfer and capacity-building support requires dedicated support and infrastructure to ensure that the flow of appropriate information and knowledge between adopting and transferring entities is tailored to the local context and maturity of the particular healthcare system seeking the support. This is a precondition to help health and care authorities to build their capacity for the successful transition towards integrated care.

Results

A key aspect of the SCIROCCO self-assessment tool is that of context and transferability. In particular, the Tool considers the context in which an integrated care solution has been developed and context into which that solution will be transferred. The Tools also helps to understand the maturity of local conditions enabling the adoption and scaling-up of integrated care and inform about the strength and weaknesses of particular region and organisation in integrated care. This in turn informs about the priorities improvement and focus of the capacity-building support.

Lessons

The experience of regions in using the SCIROCCO tool to facilitate knowledge transfer and capacity-building support demonstrates the clear benefits of the tool in stimulating multi-stakeholder involvement and learning on future directions of integrated care and transformation of health and care delivery systems in Europe.