How to identify the structure of your network and relative techniques to manage it in real time

Introduction : When we talk about “integrated care” we automatically include the concept of network within the subject. A lot of professionals focus on the content of the network or on its aim but they forget to plan the appropriate network to build. The planning of the right type of network is crucial for its existent and survival of the network itself. Without a proper analysis before building the network and without the right type of monitoring and the right type of governance the network risks to implode or to collapse half way in the project or it can prevent its take off. It is crucial for any person that want to approach the integrated care to have a clear understanding of the basic classification of networks and the basic tools to identify the type of network in which they are and consequently understand how to move within it. Aims of the workshop : The participants to the workshops will obtain easy tools to make a pre-Analysis of the network (pre=before building one) that will help them to choose the appropriate architecture of their future network to build. The understanding of these tools will also permit the learners to locate the future network or an existing network in the classification through typization of the network. Methods : Thanks to the proper typization of the network, the learner will be able to understand the risks and the advantages of each network and its main features and what type of relations between vertex are present and through all these information’s they will be able to choose which type of contracts and formal institution and the proper type of management to put in place. An extra focus will be done on the proper type of management and governance of the networks understanding the three-main level of governance and the adequate techniques to manage them. Results : Thanks to a quick survey, flow diagrams and network analysis tools will be possible through a practical group activity to put in practice and understand the type of network in which each person is immersed.