Edinburgh Napier University

  Blog: Design thinking was the hot topic of the integrated care pathways workshop at the European Health Forum Gastein conference today. The interactive 90-minute workshop was organised by Roche to facilitate new ideas and solutions around how people with diabetes can manage their illness using integrated approaches. It kicked off with a conversation on patient-centric care pathways between two leading experts; Prof Nick Guldemond from the University Medical Centre Utrecht in the Netherlands, and Prof Bert Vrijhoef from the National University of Singapore. They gave their opinion on why integrated care is gaining momentum, how it is beneficial for patients and health systems across Europe and what we need to do to facilitate its uptake in real world settings.