The first textbook devoted to this emerging area, Health Systems Science now brings you fully up to date with today’s key issues and solutions. This increasingly important branch of health care explores how health care is delivered, how health care professionals work together to deliver that care, and how the health system can improve patient care and health care delivery. Along with basic and clinical sciences, health systems science is rapidly becoming a crucial 'third pillar' of medical science, with an emphasis on understanding the role of human factors, systems engineering, leadership, and patient improvement strategies that will help transform the future of health care and ensure greater patient safety. In this 2nd Edition, new chapters, new exercises, and new information help you acquire the knowledge and skills you need for success in today’s challenging healthcare system.
1. Cover image - p. Cover 2. Title page - p. ii 3. Table of Contents - p. iii 4. Inside front cover - p. iii 5. Copyright - p. iii 6. Contributors - p. iii 7. Foreword - p. iii 8. Preface - p. iii 9. Contents - p. iii 10. List of Illustrations - p. iii 11. List of Tables - p. iii 12. Chapter 1: What is health systems science? Building an integrated vision - p. iii 13. Chapter 2: Systems thinking in health care: Addressing the complex dynamics of patients and health systems - p. 20 14. Chapter 3: The health care delivery system - p. 35 15. Chapter 4: Health care structures and processes - p. 47 16. Chapter 5: Value in health care - p. 60 17. Chapter 6: Patient safety - p. 79 18. Chapter 7: Quality improvement - p. 105 19. Chapter 8: Principles of teamwork and team science - p. 123 20. Chapter 9: Leadership in health care - p. 137 21. Chapter 10: Clinical informatics - p. 153 22. Chapter 11: Population health - p. 166 23. Chapter 12: Structural and social determinants of health - p. 187 24. Chapter 13: Health law and ethics - p. 212 25. Chapter 14: Health care policy and economics - p. 241 26. Chapter 15: Application of health systems science competencies in patient care - p. 265 27. Chapter 16: The use of assessment to support students’ learning and improvement in health systems science - p. 283 28. Chapter 17: Looking ahead: The dynamic nature of health systems science, future trends, and the role of learners as change agents - p. 301 29. Glossary - p. 312 30. Index - p. 312
The first textbook devoted to this emerging area, Health Systems Science now brings you fully up to date with today’s key issues and solutions. This increasingly important branch of health care explores how health care is delivered, how health care professionals work together to deliver that care, and how the health system can improve patient care and health care delivery. Along with basic and clinical sciences, health systems science is rapidly becoming a crucial 'third pillar' of medical science, with an emphasis on understanding the role of human factors, systems engineering, leadership, and patient improvement strategies that will help transform the future of health care and ensure greater patient safety. In this 2nd Edition, new chapters, new exercises, and new information help you acquire the knowledge and skills you need for success in today’s challenging healthcare system.
1. Cover image - p. Cover 2. Title page - p. ii 3. Table of Contents - p. iii 4. Inside front cover - p. iii 5. Copyright - p. iii 6. Contributors - p. iii 7. Foreword - p. iii 8. Preface - p. iii 9. Contents - p. iii 10. List of Illustrations - p. iii 11. List of Tables - p. iii 12. Chapter 1: What is health systems science? Building an integrated vision - p. iii 13. Chapter 2: Systems thinking in health care: Addressing the complex dynamics of patients and health systems - p. 20 14. Chapter 3: The health care delivery system - p. 35 15. Chapter 4: Health care structures and processes - p. 47 16. Chapter 5: Value in health care - p. 60 17. Chapter 6: Patient safety - p. 79 18. Chapter 7: Quality improvement - p. 105 19. Chapter 8: Principles of teamwork and team science - p. 123 20. Chapter 9: Leadership in health care - p. 137 21. Chapter 10: Clinical informatics - p. 153 22. Chapter 11: Population health - p. 166 23. Chapter 12: Structural and social determinants of health - p. 187 24. Chapter 13: Health law and ethics - p. 212 25. Chapter 14: Health care policy and economics - p. 241 26. Chapter 15: Application of health systems science competencies in patient care - p. 265 27. Chapter 16: The use of assessment to support students’ learning and improvement in health systems science - p. 283 28. Chapter 17: Looking ahead: The dynamic nature of health systems science, future trends, and the role of learners as change agents - p. 301 29. Glossary - p. 312 30. Index - p. 312
