Overcoming Medical Compartmentalization: How Integrated Care Improves Outcomes (IMAGE)

International Research Center for Neurointelligence (WPI-IRCN), The University of Tokyo

Overcoming Medical Compartmentalization: How Integrated Care Improves Outcomes

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The study offers a real-world example of medical compartmentalization, where care is divided across specialized disciplines without coordination, and shows how comprehensive, integrated health care systems can improve overall well-being for patients.

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Professor Kiyoto Kasai from the International Research Center for Neurointelligence (WPI-IRCN), University of Tokyo, Japan.

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