1. Isac B 1 , Gosálvez D 1 , López A 1 , Contreras AJ 1 , Cabrera A 1 , Jadad AR 2 1 Andalusian School of Public Health, 2 University Health Network, Toronto University 1 Granada, Spain, 2 Toronto, Canada A Collaborative Book On Polypathology by the OPIMEC Community: the editing experience

4. The Approach

5. 1. Why Multiple Chronic Diseases? Why now? What is going on around the world? AR. Jadad 2. The language of polypathology. M. Ollero, M. Bernabéu and M. Rincón 3. Prevention and health promotion. R. Smith, C. Rabadán-Diehl, A. Cravioto and A. Wall-Medrano 4. Management models. R. Bengoa, F. Martos and R. Nuño 5. Patient education and self-management support. P. McGowan P, K. Lorig, AR. Jadad 6. Primary care. M. Ollero, JM de la Higuera, M. Bernabeu and MA Ortiz 7. Supportive care and palliative care. A. Lee and O. Yew Jin 8. Integrative medicine. C Tamayo, A Arreaza and C Almonte 9. Socioeconomic implications. F. Martos and E. Herrera 10.Genomics, Robotics, Informatics/eHealth and Nanotechnologies. J.Lorca The approach: Areas

9. The Output

10. Edition 1.0 Edition 2.0 Collaborative Global LIVE EDITION From edition 1.0 to 2.0 Editors Lead Contributors Support technicians Internet Campaign Comments New contributors Acknowledgments Permanent edition (PDF and paper) Moderators Managers and Community Managers Members New members Potential members Web Team Community On Line Work Collaborative creation

15. June of 2010: the entire edited version is available as a free hard copy or in PDF, for free download at www.opimec.org . Chapters will also continue to be available at www.opimec.org , as a “live” version. The final output

16. Conclusions

19. We have proved that we can work across traditional boundaries, as we contribute to a common agenda Conclusion We must scale up the level of our commitment to create and implement the mighty interventions that are required to overcome the challenges we face together and …

20. Thank you for your attention and support See you at: www.opimec.org