Confronting complexity and supporting transformation through health systems mapping: a case study.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Health systems are a complex web of interacting and interconnected parts; introducing an intervention, or the allocation of resources, in one sector can have effects across other sectors and impact the entire system. A prerequisite for effective health system reorganisation or transformation is a broad and common understanding of the current system amongst stakeholders and innovators. Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and heart failure (HF) are common chronic diseases with high health care costs that require an integrated health system to effectively treat.

Study description

This case study documents the first phase of system transformation at a regional level in Ontario, Canada. In this first phase, visual representations of the health system in its

SUBMITTER: Hussey AJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8540206 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature