01965nas a2200217   4500008003900000022001400039245007800053210006900131260004200200300001000242490000600252520131200258653002501570653002601595653002201621653002201643653000901665100002001674700001701694856003601711       2012                          d  a1927-032100aAccelerating a Network Model of Care: Taking a Social Innovation to Scale0 aAccelerating a Network Model of Care Taking a Social Innovation   aOttawabTalent First Networkc07/2012  a26-300 v23 aGovernment-funded systems of health and social care are facing enormous fiscal and human-resource challenges. The space for innovation in care is wide open and new disruptive patterns are emerging. These include self-management and personal budgets, participatory and integrated care, supported decision making and a renewed focus on prevention. Taking these disruptive patterns to scale can be accelerated by a technologically enabled shift to a network model of care to co-create the best outcomes for individuals, family caregivers, and health and social care organizations.

The connections, relationships, and activities within an individual’s personal network lay the foundation for care that health and social care systems/policy must simultaneously support and draw on for positive outcomes. Practical tools, adequate information, and tangible resources are required to coordinate and sustain care. 

Tyze Personal Networks is a social venture that uses technology to engage and inform the individual, their personal networks, and their care providers to co-create the best outcomes. In this article, we demonstrate how Tyze contributes to a shift to a network model of care by strengthening our networks and enhancing partnerships between care providers, individuals, and family and friends. 10anetwork centric care10anetwork model of care10apersonal networks10asocial innovation10aTyze1 aCammack, Vickie1 aByrne, Kerry  uhttp://timreview.ca/article/578