Embracing uncertainty, managing complexity: applying complexity thinking principles to transformation efforts in healthcare systems

• Main Authors: Sobia Khan (Author), Ashley Vandermorris (Author), John Shepherd (Author), James W. Begun (Author), Holly Jordan Lanham (Author), Mary Uhl-Bien (Author), Whitney Berta (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2018-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Complexity thinking is increasingly being embraced in healthcare, which is often described as a complex adaptive system (CAS). Applying CAS to healthcare as an explanatory model for understanding the nature of the system, and to stimulate changes and transformations within the sy...