Integrated Care Centre at Bangkok International Hospital
“Integrated Care Services” are recognized as a critical adjunct to effective health care delivery and holistic patient management. The concept of integrated care is vital for all patients, especially those with related chronic conditions or complex illnesses such as neurological or orthopedic disorders where comprehensive health care is highly needed.
Our Integrated Care Centre comprises of a dedicated team of medical professionals who provide essential medical evaluation and are responsible for coordinating sub-specialty care by other medical disciplines. Instead of having the patient navigate through a complex healthcare system, our team of physicians at the Integrated Care Centre aim to deliver multidisciplinary care to the patient in a single healthcare experience. The concept of ‘Integrated care’ can be applied to both outpatient and inpatient setting.
At Bangkok International Hospital, our inpatient team consists of healthcare workers who are members of different disciplines each providing specific services to the patient. The evaluation of treatment options and treatment planning are collaborative processes involving medical and allied healthcare professionals in concertation with the patient and the patient's family.
The activities of the team are brought together using a care plan. This co-ordinates their services and gets the team working together towards a specific set of goals. As a result, patient-specific treatment plans are developed and the delivery of care becomes a shared responsibility. This ensures efficient and holistic care at the bedside.
The value of a multidisciplinary team approach has been well documented across a wide range of medical conditions, including management of patients with stroke, joint replacement, as well as the management of patients with traumatic brain injury. Evidence indicates that therapeutic decisions made by multidisciplinary teams are more in accord with evidence-based guidelines than those taken by the individual healthcare professional.
This approach to care also results in greater patient satisfaction with the treatment, less medical complications and therefore a reduction in the length of hospital stay and also a significant reduction in the number of unplanned hospital readmissions.
In the outpatient clinic our Integrated Care Centre aims to provide personalized and targeted medical care. Specialist consultations from various disciplines can be completed in one clinic visit. We aim to provide our patients with coordinated and seamless outpatient visit experience. We believe that it is essential to make sure that the needs of the patients and their carer(s) are central to the development of care plans. In addition to medical consultations and pre-operative medical assessment, we provide services such as tailored health screening packages, vaccinations and travel advice.
Benefits of our Integrated Care Centre:
- Patient-centric approach to medical consultation and treatment planning
- One stop outpatient care service
- Wide coverage of medical specialists
Reference: Dr. Nantanit Chiamcharoenvut. BSc (UK), MBChB (UK).
General Practitioner.
