How complexity science can inform scale-up and spread in health care: Understanding the role of self-organization in variation across local contexts

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 93, Issue , 2013, Pages 194-202

  Lanham, Holly Jordan ^a,b,c   Leykum, Luci K ^a,b,c   Taylor, Barbara S ^d,e   McCannon, C Joseph ^f   Lindberg, Curt ^g   Lester, Richard T ^h,i  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^d Mays Cancer Center at UT Health San Antonio   (United States)

^e Institute for Healthcare Improvement ^*  (United States)

^f INSTITUTE FOR HEALTHCARE IMPROVEMENT   (United States)

^g BILLINGS CLINIC   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

ⁱ BRITISH COLUMBIA CENTRE FOR DISEASE CONTROL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Complexity science; HIV; Implementation science; Interdependencies; MRSA; Scale up and spread; Self organization; Sensemaking; USA

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT;

COMPLEXITY; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; PROBABILITY; SELF ORGANIZATION; STAKEHOLDER;

ARTICLE; BIOMEDICAL DISCIPLINES, SCIENCE AND ART; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPLEXITY SCIENCE; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RATE; INVESTIGATIVE PROCEDURES; MEDICAL SERVICE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS INFECTION; MOBILE PHONE; ORGANIZATIONAL DEVELOPMENT; ORGANIZATIONAL DOWNSIZING; ORGANIZATIONAL EFFICIENCY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; SCALE UP; SCALE UP AND SPREAD; SELF REPORT; UNITED STATES;

COMPLEXITY SCIENCE; HIV; IMPLEMENTATION SCIENCE; INTERDEPENDENCIES; MRSA; SCALE-UP AND SPREAD; SELF-ORGANIZATION; SENSEMAKING; USA;

COMMUNITY-INSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS; CROSS INFECTION; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MEDICATION ADHERENCE; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; ORGANIZATIONAL CASE STUDIES; POVERTY AREAS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; TEXT MESSAGING; UNITED STATES;

UNITED STATES;

METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 84881026799     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2012.05.040     Document Type: Article

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