Center for Systems Improvement
In this forth segment of the series on Systems Concepts, we take a deeper look into the systems of care concept to understand all of the elements and organizations that are involved. We use stroke systems of care as the example. (Duration 5:48) Notes and Resources HeartRescue Project – Fosters systems of care for out-of-hospital cardiac… Read More
This vlog post is the third in a series about the concept of systems. Quality is important, but it’s not the only dimension of system performance. This post explores the relationships between quality, cost and value and how that applies to systems of care. (Duration – 6:02) Notes and Resources Related article: Gunderson M: The… Read More
This vlog post is the second in a series about the concept of systems. It explores the systems design principle that having all of the best individually performing parts does not nesessarily provide the best performing system. That concept is then applied to the example of systems of care for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. (Duration –… Read More
This vlog post is the first in a series about the concept of systems. We begin with a discussion of the definition of a system and introduce the idea of systems thinking. We then look at how that applies to improving clinical quality and economic efficiency in systems of care, particularly for high-risk time-sensitive conditions… Read More
This post introduces the Though the Lens of Systems (TLS) vlog by briefly describing the goals of the vlog and some of the subject areas that are to be covered as new posts are added. (Duration 2 min. 15 sec.) Transcript Welcome to Through the Lens of Systems, or TLS as it will often be called.… Read More