title: Operationalizing integrated care on a clinical level: the INTERMED project.
abstract: During the last 10 years the INTERMED method has been developed as a generic method for the assessment of bio-psychosocial health risks and health needs and for planning of integrated treatment. The INTERMED has been conceptualized to counteract divisions and fragmentation of medical care. Designed to enhance the communication between patients and the health providers as well as between different professions and disciplines, the INTERMED is a visualized, action-oriented decision-support tool. This article presents various aspects of the INTERMED, such as its relevance, description, scoring, the related patient interview and treatment planning, scientific evaluation, implementation, and support for the method.
authors.affiliation: Service de Psychiatrie de Liaison, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois, Rue du Bugnon 44, CH-1011 Lausanne, Switzerland. frederic.stiefel@chuv.ch
authors.forename: Friedrich C
authors.initials: FC
authors.lastname: Stiefel
authors.forename: Frits J
authors.initials: FJ
authors.lastname: Huyse
authors.forename: Wolfgang
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Söllner
authors.forename: Joris P J
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Slaets
authors.forename: John S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Lyons
authors.forename: Corine H M
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Latour
authors.forename: Nynke
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: van der Wal
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: de Jonge
mesh_terms: D020000:Decision Support Systems, Clinical; D019033:Delivery of Health Care, Integrated; D006801:Humans; D033183:Interdisciplinary Communication; D010346:Patient Care Management; D011602:Psychophysiologic Disorders / Q000150:complications* / Q000628:therapy; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012920:Social Behavior Disorders / Q000150:complications* / Q000628:therapy; D012962:Sociology, Medical