Understanding sustainability in healthcare systems: A systems thinking perspective

Amid the global COVID-19 pandemic, adaptation of healthcare systems, with strong medical leadership, has been integral to coping with the ever-changing situation. This article is based on the personal experiences of doctors in the NHS and insights into the frontline response to this situation. It reflects on leadership dilemmas and strategies implemented to overcome them, with a focus on systems thinking and adaptive leadership.

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Conceptualization and application of a healthcare systems thinking model for an educational system

Studies in Higher Education ◽

10.1080/03075079.2021.1983532 ◽

2022 ◽

pp. 1-18

Author(s):

Jon T. Selvik ◽

Eirik B. Abrahamsen ◽

Vegard Moen

Keyword(s):

Systems Thinking ◽

Educational System ◽

Healthcare Systems

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Systems Thinking as the Model for Educating Future Healthcare Managers in Information Technology

Handbook of Research on Information Technology Management and Clinical Data Administration in Healthcare ◽

10.4018/978-1-60566-356-2.ch040 ◽

2011 ◽

pp. 646-661

Author(s):

Gerald Goodman ◽

Anne Selcer

Keyword(s):

Information Technology ◽

Knowledge Management ◽

Organizational Learning ◽

Systems Thinking ◽

Healthcare Systems ◽

Healthcare Organizations ◽

Organizational Capability ◽

Academic Setting ◽

The Individual ◽

Healthcare Leaders

This chapter explores the individual competencies presented by various healthcare executive organizations as being important for healthcare leaders to emulate in the exchange of information and knowledge. These competencies provide a set of tools that healthcare leaders can use to make their organizations successful in the healthcare systems and knowledge management (KM) environment. Several possible ways these can be instilled within the academic setting are presented. Systems and KM paradigms, such as organizational learning and memory, are superordinate metaphors that provide an approach to analyzing organizational capability through an understanding of processes occurring in healthcare organizations.

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Toward Identifying Mild Cognitive Impairment in Hispanic and African American Adults

Perspectives of the ASHA Special Interest Groups ◽

10.1044/persp2.sig2.110 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 2 (2) ◽

pp. 110-116

Author(s):

Valarie B. Fleming ◽

Joyce L. Harris

Keyword(s):

Older Adults ◽

African American ◽

Cognitive Impairment ◽

Mild Cognitive Impairment ◽

Healthcare Access ◽

Communication Disorders ◽

Healthcare Systems ◽

Prevention Education ◽

Education Management ◽

African American Adults

Across the breadth of acquired neurogenic communication disorders, mild cognitive impairment (MCI) may go undetected, underreported, and untreated. In addition to stigma and distrust of healthcare systems, other barriers contribute to decreased identification, healthcare access, and service utilization for Hispanic and African American adults with MCI. Speech-language pathologists (SLPs) have significant roles in prevention, education, management, and support of older adults, the population must susceptible to MCI.

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