RT Book, Section
A1 Angell, Sonia Y.
A1 Shih, Sarah
A2 Howell, Michael D.
A2 Stevens, Jennifer P.
SR Print(0)
ID 1167644503
T1 Partnering with Community, Professional, and Policy Organizations
T2 Understanding Healthcare Delivery Science
YR 2020
FD 2020
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9781260026481
LK accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1167644503
RD 2024/04/24
AB The  healthcare  delivery  system  is  evolving.  As  described  in  Chapter  1,  its  historical  simplification  of  being  “a  workshop  for  the  physician”  is  no  longer  relevant;  now  it  has  “the  complexity  of  a  living  organism.”  To  take  the  analogy  further,  the  healthcare  delivery  system,  like  most  living  organisms,  is  not  the  only  creature  in  the  community.  Its  borders  can  abut  or  meld  with  other  evolving  systems,  and  its  intended  outputs  will  be  influenced  by  what’s  happening  in  the  surrounding  environment.  Healthcare  delivery  systems  research,  therefore,  cannot  be  conducted  without  an  understanding  of  the  influences  outside  its  formal  operations.  Furthermore,  that  which  is  outside  the  formal  healthcare  delivery  system  can  be  a  key  asset  to  the  study  of  healthcare  delivery  science  itself.  To  tap  into  this  added  value  and  analytic  insight  most  effectively,  partnering  with  community,  professional,  and  policy  organizations  becomes  paramount.