Building a System of Care
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Building a System of Care
Since ICAS 2025, teams have strengthened partnerships, advanced community‑based models, and worked across organizations to better connect care around people and populations. What is emerging now is a broader shift: from delivering integrated initiatives to building a coordinated system of care.
Session Themes
01
COMMUNITY-LED CARE
Centering lived experience, self-determination, and the local context
A system of care is most effective when it is grounded in primary care and shaped by the communities it serves – especially those facing the greatest barriers.
02
A SYSTEM OF CARE WITHOUT BOUNDARIES
Designing a health care system that people can easily access, navigate, and trust
The system is easy to access, simple to navigate, and connected across the continuum.
03
STRENGTHENING THE FOUNDATIONS
Data, workforce, and innovation for a connected system
Strong foundations enable collaboration, sustainability, and continuous improvement.
04
POPULATION HEALTH APPROACHES
Primary health care, prevention, early intervention, chronic disease management, and whole-person care
The focus is not just treating illness. A system of care supports the population in staying healthy in the first place.
05
SHARED SYSTEMS, SHARED ACCOUNTABILITIES
Aligning partners around common goals and outcomes
Ensuring organizations have high-quality primary care is just the start; transforming care delivery means building an integrated system across health and social care partners, with shared ownership of outcomes, resources, and decision-making.
