Integrated Health Services: Moving Beyond Agreement Toward Measurement and Action

RTI’s global health team hosted a panel discussion on building effective integrated health services to achieve better health outcomes. Participants: Richard Reithinger, PhD. Vice President, Global Health Division, RTI International; Cristina Bisson, RN, MPH. Senior Health Systems Strengthening Specialist, Global Health Division, RTI International; Edward Kelley, PhD. Director, Service Delivery and Safety, Health Systems and Innovation Cluster, World Health Organization (WHO). Focus: WHO framework on integrated, people-centered health services; Gina Lagomarsino, MBA. President and CEO, Results for Development (R4D). Focus: The integration of financing streams and benefits of integration, using examples such as the Primary Health Care Performance Initiative; Doris Rouse, PhD. Vice President of Global Health Technologies, RTI International. Focus: MANDATE — modeling health technologies' potential impact on integrated health services delivery.