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Creating Systems
The horizontal arrangement of healthcare into primary, secondary and tertiary care is no longer useful or fiscally prudent. We must move from a service in which institutions are the dominant type or organisation to one in which systems dominate.
A 'system' is a set of activities integrated by a common set of objectives.
A 'network' is a set of individuals and organisations that deliver the system's objectives.
A 'pathway' is the route that patients usually follow through the network.
The core business of healthcare consists of symptoms such as chest pain, and conditions such as epilepsy, bipolar disorder, or asthma. A systems approach to healthcare recognises the vital importance of self-care and informal care in the management of such symptoms. It also provides a tool to ensure that the right patients access the right care, and that the care is delivered right. A systems approach can answer the currently unanswerable 'Are we - as patients, payers, or clinicians - getting maximum value from the resources invested in our core businesses?'
Creating Systems will also provide you with answers to such questions
1. What are health systems, and how are they built?
2. Why are they important?
3. How are they best managed?
4. How do systems fit in?
A 'system' is a set of activities integrated by a common set of objectives.
A 'network' is a set of individuals and organisations that deliver the system's objectives.
A 'pathway' is the route that patients usually follow through the network.
The core business of healthcare consists of symptoms such as chest pain, and conditions such as epilepsy, bipolar disorder, or asthma. A systems approach to healthcare recognises the vital importance of self-care and informal care in the management of such symptoms. It also provides a tool to ensure that the right patients access the right care, and that the care is delivered right. A systems approach can answer the currently unanswerable 'Are we - as patients, payers, or clinicians - getting maximum value from the resources invested in our core businesses?'
Creating Systems will also provide you with answers to such questions
1. What are health systems, and how are they built?
2. Why are they important?
3. How are they best managed?
4. How do systems fit in?
157 pages, Kindle Edition
Published September 16, 2015
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