This webinar will bring together international speakers to share examples of policy and practice from Japan, Sweden, Italy and the UK that illustrate the contribution of community hospitals to integrated care and support closer to home. We are pleased to co-host this session with the UK Community Hospitals Association, a membership organisation that supports those involved in community hospitals through networking, sharing quality improvements, and contributing to evidence through research.
Helen Tucker, Former President, UK Community Hospitals Association Visiting Research Fellow, University of Winchester
Presenters
Dr Yoshihisa Honda Primary Care Physician, CEO of Kaita Hospital, Japan and Founder of Community Hospital Japan
Kaita community Hospital, originally a public hospital run by the town, has been transformed into an educational facility for general practitioners providing one-stop services including preventive medicine, comprehensive outpatient care, inpatient rehabilitation and social adjustment, and home visits including end-of-life care. in 2016, Yoshihisa founded a group called Community Hospital Japan (CHJ) that holds lectures, seminars, and workshops at the Japan Primary Care Association, with other academic societies, and independently. Currently, at least 20 hospitals in Japan position themselves as community hospitals or hospitals aiming to become community hospitals. He is also actively involved in exchanges with community hospitals in Thailand and Singapore and hosts symposiums and workshops at WONCA Asia Pacific Region. In October 2024, he joined the UK Community Hospitals Association and visited the UK to learn how these hospital teams contribute to community care. He hopes to further develop community care by deepening international exchanges between community hospitals in different countries.
Francesca Meda
Lecturer in the Government, Health and Not For Profit (GHNP) Area, SDA Bocconi School of Management, Italy.
Francesca is a researcher at the School's Center for Research on Health and Social Assistance (CERGAS) in the Social Policy and Service Management Area. After an MSc degree in Economics and Management of Government and International Organizations from Bocconi University, she is currently a PhD Student of Management Innovation, Sustainability and Healthcare at the Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies in Pisa. Her research interests and scientific publications mainly concern the design of services of public interest, innovation processes in welfare systems, health and social-health services, and strategic management in healthcare and community care sectors. She has participated in various research and training projects about service design, innovation in health and social-health services, monitoring and strategic support for the implementation of public policies and interventions.
Dr Mante Hedman GP at Storuman Community Hospital, Sweden MD and Adjunct Lecturer, General Practice, Dep for Public Health and Clinical Medicine, Umeå University
Mante has worked as a General Practitioner at a rural Community Hospital for many years. Noticing that Swedish rural Community Hospitals have existed for the past century without comprehensive descriptions in international scientific journals, he embarked on a doctorate to address this gap and successfully defended his thesis on the Swedish Community Hospital Model on March 1st.As both a clinician and a teacher, he is involved in the Rural Stream, a rural clinical pathway for voluntary medical students. This program allows students to exchange part of their clinical practice at the University Hospital for practice at Storuman Community Hospital.
