PLoS Medicine (Oct 2018)

Health systems thinking: A new generation of research to improve healthcare quality.

  • Hannah H Leslie,
  • Lisa R Hirschhorn,
  • Tanya Marchant,
  • Svetlana V Doubova,
  • Oye Gureje,
  • Margaret E Kruk

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1002682
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 15, no. 10
p. e1002682

Abstract

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Hannah Leslie and colleagues of the High-Quality Health Commission discuss in an Editorial the findings from their report that detail the improvements needed to prevent declines in individuals' health as the scope and quality of health systems increase. Patient-centered care at the population level, improved utility of research products, and innovative reporting tools to help guide the development of new methods are key to improved global healthcare.