Transforming health services delivery towards people-centred health systems

February 14, 2018

In the pursuit of Europe’s greatest health potential by the year 2020, to accelerate gains in health outcomes and reduce health inequalities the delivery of health services must continuously adapt and evolve according to changing demographics and the epidemiological landscape. Both this context and what changes it calls for are clear. For example, aging populations have given rise to increases in noncommunicable diseases (NCDs), multi-morbidities and chronicity.

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Carle Foundation Hospital

Based in Urbana, Ill., The Carle Foundation is the not-for-profit parent company of an integrated network of healthcare services. The 393-bed regional care hospital has achieved Magnet® designation, the nation’s highest honor for nursing care. It offers a more advanced level of clinical expertise and technology than any area hospital, housing the area's only Level I Trauma Center as well as Level III perinatal services. The Hospital admitted more than 22,000 patients and treated more than 71,300 patients in the emergency room during 2013. The Mills Breast Cancer Institute, Carle Cancer Center, Carle Spine Institute and Carle Heart and Vascular Institute bring additional advanced diagnostic and treatment options. Carle Physician Group, the outpatient practice serving more than 200,000 unique patients annually, is comprised of 400 physicians dedicated to providing the highest quality care in more than 80 specialties located in 14 communities across central Illinois.

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