Improving Quality of Care Through Systems Research: A Guide for Managers and Practitioners

Thinking about complexity in health: A systematic review of the key systems thinking and complexity ideas in health

“…The advantage of this approach is that ST/CS takes into account the changing context, its key actors, and their interactions over time in understanding health, thereby allowing planners to more effectively understand and improve health outcomes . By using these ideas to guide health planning, analysis, and practice, ST/CS has gained traction amongst practitioners in different fields such as international development as well as health practice, offering the potential to transform modern approaches to health and well‐being …”

“…6,7,15 By using these ideas to guide health planning, analysis, and practice, ST/CS has gained traction amongst practitioners in different fields such as international development as well as health practice, offering the potential to transform modern approaches to health and well-being. 2,7,[16][17][18][19][20] While there are dozens of articles in the academic health literature describing and exploring the application and potential of ST/CS approaches and methods in health, [21][22][23][24] to our knowledge, there is no clear consensus as to the basic components, concepts, and practices of ST in health. One prior review provides an important view of the larger ST literature but does not go as far as exploring the key terms, methods, or resources related to ST/CS.…”

The application of systems thinking concepts, methods, and tools to global health practices: An analysis of case studies

“…Interactions among parts of the systems. 26 9 a ,10,18,20,22 a , [25][26][27][28][29]31,32,35,36,38,40,41,[46][47][48][49][50][51][52][53][54]58,59 Adaptability/adaption 60 The capacity that certain systems possess to modify themselves in order to adjust to changes in the environment. 26 9,14,17,18,22,25,26,28,29,32,36,37,40,41,46-54,57,59,61 Self-Organization 56 System dynamics arise spontaneously from internal structure.…”