1 min read

Healthcare Systems Concepts -- What is a System? Part 1 [Vlog]

Healthcare Systems Concepts -- What is a System? Part 1 [Vlog]

EDITOR'S NOTE: The following blog post was written by guest author Mic Gunderson, President of the Center for Systems Improvement. Mic has been involved in emergency healthcare for over 40 years in leadership, managerial, and clinical positions including prior service as National Director for Clinical Systems for the American Heart Association. 

--

High performing systems of care for high-risk time-sensitive conditions like cardiac arrest, major trauma, STEMI, stroke, and sepsis are critical to achieving excellent patient outcomes. To make significant improvements in these systems of care, we need to understand how systems work in general so that we can look beyond the individual hospitals and EMS agencies that make up the ‘parts’ in these systems of care.

We need to understand and improve the interactions between those parts. That’s because the interactions between the parts are the primary determinants of how well the overall system of care performs.

Part 1 of the Systems Concepts series begins with a discussion of the definition of a system in general and introduces the idea of systems thinking. The vlog then looks at how that applies to improving clinical quality and economic efficiency in systems of care, particularly for high-risk time-sensitive conditions like cardiac arrest. This post features an excerpt from an amazing lecture given by the late Dr. Russell Ackoff – a major contributor to the field of systems thinking. (Duration – 9:05) 

How can you start to improve your system? Find out right here. 

 

Texas A&M Students Lead Disaster Day Simulation

Texas A&M Students Lead Disaster Day Simulation

On March 1st, 2024, Pulsara was honored to participate in the largest student-led disaster drill in the world at Texas A&M’s Disaster Day in College...

Read More >>
PRESS RELEASE: Carolina Pines Regional Medical Center Enhances Patient Care with Communication Technology Pulsara

PRESS RELEASE: Carolina Pines Regional Medical Center Enhances Patient Care with Communication Technology Pulsara

CPRMC first in South Carolina to elevate EMS collaboration in coordinated care and response efficiency with this technology. BOZEMAN, Mont., March...

Read More >>
Finding the Funds for Incident Management in Fire

Finding the Funds for Incident Management in Fire

EDITOR'S NOTE: This article originally appeared on FireRescue1.com. Special thanks to our guest author, Courtney Levin, for FireRescue1 BrandFocus...

Read More >>