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Applying Complexity Theory to a Hospital Complex Patient Care Program
Authors:
- Felice BorghmansEmail Felice Borghmans
- Venesser Fernandes
- Harvey Newnham
Abstract
Increasingly, complexity science concepts are informing health care design and practice. The present paper describes the implementation of early complexity science principles in a Complex Care Program with the aim of strengthening the provision of integrated care. Grounded in cybernetic network theory, Stafford Beer’s Viable Systems Model [1] provided the guiding principles for the program’s redesign. The Viable Systems Model with its broadly applicable principles [1], is now the conceptual model of information management in the program. Beer’s framework has enabled a relatively small number of clinicians to coordinate care for a large cohort of patients with significant clinical complexity, and a multitude of providers, in the community setting.
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- Volume: 21
- Page/Article: 19
- DOI: 10.5334/ijic.5634
- Submitted on 2 Nov 2020
- Accepted on 15 Mar 2021
- Published on 18 May 2021
- Peer Reviewed