Embracing uncertainty, managing complexity: applying complexity thinking principles to transformation efforts in healthcare systems

Embracing uncertainty, managing complexity: applying complexity thinking principles to transformation efforts in healthcare systems

Abstract Background Complexity thinking is increasingly being embraced in healthcare, which is often described as a complex adaptive system (CAS). Applying CAS to healthcare as an explanatory model for understanding the nature of the system, and to stimulate changes and transformations within the sy...

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Main Authors: Sobia Khan, Ashley Vandermorris, John Shepherd, James W. Begun, Holly Jordan Lanham, Mary Uhl-Bien, Whitney Berta
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-03-01
Series:BMC Health Services Research
Subjects:
Complexity
Complex adaptive systems
Systems thinking
Health systems
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12913-018-2994-0

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