Understanding and Managing the Complexity of Healthcare

by William B. Rouse and Nicoleta Serban

An argument that understanding healthcare delivery as a complex adaptive system will help us design a system that yields better health outcomes.

Breakthroughs in medical science, innovations in medical technologies, and improvements in clinical practices occur today at an increasingly rapid rate. Yet because of a fragmented healthcare delivery system, many Americans are unable to benefit from these developments. How can we design a system...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262027518
• ISBN13: 9780262027519
• Release Date: July 2014
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 284 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.3" x 9.4"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher