The role of soft systems methodology in healthcare policy provision and decision support

Conference Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man and Cybernetics

Volumn 6, Issue , 2004, Pages 5025-5030

  Kalim, Kanwal ^a   Carson, Ewart ^a   Cramp, Derek ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Decision support; Healthcare policy; Soft systems methodology

Indexed keywords

NATIONAL SERVICE FRAMEWORK (NSF); PATIENT CARE; SOFT SYSTEMS METHODOLOGY; STAKEHOLDERS;

COST EFFECTIVENESS; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; DISEASES; ELECTRONIC MAIL; HEALTH CARE; IDENTIFICATION (CONTROL SYSTEMS); INFORMATION RETRIEVAL SYSTEMS; INTERNET; PUBLIC WORKS; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

PUBLIC POLICY;

EID: 15744383174     PISSN: 1062922X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICSMC.2004.1400989     Document Type: Conference Paper

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