Systems Thinking In Health Care

I have found this assignment very abstract and difficult to understand. I believe, this is due to the fact that currently I work in a non- hospital setting and have no management duties. However, I recognize it has been interesting to read about systems thinking, it is the concept that allows picturing of existent gaps or failures among all the existent interconnected parts of an organization, at the same time testing which portion needs no changes (Kelly, 2012). This is a significant topic for individuals carrying out managing responsibilities and for others as well, to achieve a better understanding of the internal mechanisms in an organization. As described by Applied Systems (2008) this approach gives the power of knowledge about our current
On this piece of research, the authors frankly presented the current problems of our health care system. While focusing on the problems, the authors also encourage practitioners to accept evidence-based guidelines to treat their patients (Swensen et al., 2010). I found this article significant, especially since it presents issues such as gaps among medical science and existing medical practice, large amount of needless test or medical procedures that are usually performed to patients, safety problems and problems with quality of care. In few words, the authors summarize a main concept which is the value of the health care. This concept includes the way patients receive treatments, it should be the right one” for the right patient at the right time” (page 12 (2)). Consequently, it includes the method used to provide the right treatment and obtain best outcomes, while considering costs. However, through the article it is also confirmed that while not always the same method, procedure or technique will produce the same outcome for different patients, it is appropriate to implement standardized care and medical guidelines to facilitate this process. It is important to also notice the importance given by the authors to the immediate need for transforming “from cottage industrial to postindustrial care, being a significant concept from this research. It suggest this can be achieved by accepting and providing standard care, applying methods for measuring performance and more than all, having exceptional ways to provide the public with crystal clear information on outcomes, procedures, diagnosis and practice of care(Swensen et