Health Systems Science - Elsevier eBook on VitalSource, 3rd Edition
by Maya M. Hammoud, MD, MBA, Jeffrey Borkan, MD, PhD, Gregory W. Schneider, MD, Sanjay V. Desai, MD, Rosalyn Maben-Feaster, MD, MPH and Rachel Marie E. Salas, MD, MEd
Along with basic and clinical sciences, health systems science has become a crucial “third pillar” of medical education, with an emphasis on understanding the role of human factors, systems thinking, leadership, and health system improvement strategies that will help transform the future of health care and ensure greater patient safety. Health Systems Science, now in its 3rd Edition, was the first textbook devoted to this increasingly important branch of health care education, providing up-to-date, easy-to-understand coverage of how health care is delivered, how health care professionals work together to deliver that care, and how the health system can improve patient care and health care delivery. This fully revised edition addresses today’s key issues in the field, helping students acquire the knowledge and skills they need for success in today’s challenging health care system.
Addresses key issues such as patient safety, quality improvement, value in health care, teamwork, stewardship of health care resources, population health, clinical informatics, care coordination, leadership, and health care financing/reform
Offers practical coverage of how the structures and processes of the health system intersect with the social and structural factors in the lives of patients that influence their health
Covers emerging topics such as health information exchanges, telehealth, artificial intelligence, population analytics, organizational behavior (change theory), and project management
Includes new content on how to incorporate health systems science into lifelong clinical practice; expanded coverage of structural, social, and political determinants of health and community health needs assessments; and more
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What Is Health Systems Science? Building an Integrated Vision Systems Thinking in Health Care Addressing the Complex Dynamics of Patients and Health Systems The health care delivery system Health care structures and processes Value in health care Patient safety Quality improvement Principles of teamwork and team science Leadership in health care Clinical informatics Population health Structural and social determinants of health Health law and ethics Health care policy and economics Application of health systems science competencies in patient care The use of assessment to support students learning and improvement in health systems science The dynamic nature of health systems science future trends and the role of learners as change agents Glossary
Maya M. Hammoud, MD, MBA, Professor, Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Michigan Medical School; Senior Adviser, Medical Education Innovation American Medical Association, Jeffrey Borkan, MD, PhD, Assistant Dean for Primary Care-Population Health, Professor of Family Medicine, Professor of Medical Science Brown University The Warren Alpert Medical School, USA, Gregory W. Schneider, MD, Associate Professor, Humanities, Health, and Society; Division of Family and Community Medicine Florida International University Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine, Sanjay V. Desai, MD, Chief Medical Officer American Medical Association, Rosalyn Maben-Feaster, MD, MPH, Clinical Associate Professor, Obstetrics and Gynecology University of Michigan Medical School and Rachel Marie E. Salas, MD, MEd, Professor, Neurology Johns Hopkins Medicine
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