Integration of Care

8697 | The first Nationwide Home-based Pulmonary Rehabilitation program for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) patients in Portugal: The possible combination of patient's empowerment and add value to the system

Cátia Caneiras1,2, S. Mayoralas-Alises3,4, C.M. Esteves1, J. Sampaio Silva1, R. Vilarinho1, I. Pinto1, R. Cantante1, J. Carvalho1,5, M.F. Sedeño6, J. Bourbeau6, S. Bernard1,7

1 - Healthcare Department, Praxair, PT; 2 - Encironmental Health Institute (ISAMB), Faculty of Medicine, University of Lisbon, PT; 3 - Healthcare Department, Praxair, ES; 4 - Respiratory Department, Hospital Universitario Moncloa, Madrid, ES; 5 - Respiratory Department, Centro Hospitalar Lisboa Norte, Lisbon, PT; 6 - Respiratory Epidemiology and Clinical Research Unit (RECRU), Montreal, CA; 7 - Université Laval, Quebec, CA

8204 | Improving care to avoid readmission of heart failure patients: When and for whom?

Paula Cunha1, Sílvia Lopes2

1 - National School of Public Health, NOVA University Lisbon, PT; 2 - Public Health Research Center, National School of Public Health, NOVA University Lisbon, PT

8223 | Do Regional Networks Matter? Examining the Role of Hospital Networks and Service Innovations in Patient Care Outcomes Across Region

Andrea Popa1, Carsten Schultz1, Alexander Petrich1

1 - Kiel University

8600 | Case management program, the first experience of a health care unit 

Isabel Taveira1, Sofia Sobral1, Ana Teresa Goes1, Cláudia Vicente1, Teresa Silva2, Adelaide Belo1

1 - Internal Medicine Department, Hospital do Litoral Alentejano, PT; 2 - Family Medicine, Santiago do Cacém, Litoral Alentejano Unit, PT

8694 | Identifying barriers to Implementation of New Care Models, a Multi-Stakeholder Engagement Study 

Áine Carroll1, Valerie Twomey2, Sarah Mccormack1, Barry White3

1 - Health Service Executive, IE; 2 - National Rehabilitation Hospital; 3 - Saint James' Hospital