Journal article
Being pragmatic about healthcare complexity: Our experiences applying complexity theory and pragmatism to health services research
KM Long, F McDermott, GN Meadows
BMC Medicine | BIOMED CENTRAL LTD | Published : 2018
Abstract
Background: The healthcare system has proved a challenging environment for innovation, especially in the area of health services management and research. This is often attributed to the complexity of the healthcare sector, characterized by intersecting biological, social and political systems spread across geographically disparate areas. To help make sense of this complexity, researchers are turning towards new methods and frameworks, including simulation modeling and complexity theory. Discussion: Herein, we describe our experiences implementing and evaluating a health services innovation in the form of simulation modeling. We explore the strengths and limitations of complexity theory in ev..
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Funding Acknowledgements
The preparation of this article was in part supported by an Australian Postgraduate Award funded by the Australian Research Council's Linkage Projects scheme (LP110200061) entitled "Improving management decisions in mental health care through applications of advanced simulation modelling". Additional research funding was provided by the Department of Psychiatry, Monash University, and the University of Calgary. The views, analyses, interpretations, and conclusions expressed in the article are those of the authors and not of the Australian Research Council, Monash University, or University of Calgary.