Abstract
Driving improvement in healthcare can be challenging related in part related to the degree of complexity. We break down the aspects of culture needed to accelerate improvement into a technical domain and a social domain. Task processes can be considered an organization’s technical domain. The social processes, how those doing the work interact, can be thought of as the organization’s social domain. The technical domain focuses on the work related to tasks and the social domain on the relationships that make efficient and effective work possible. We argue that work requirements and social relations are inexorably intertwined—each profoundly impacting, reflecting, and even determining the other. In this review, we argue that in order to accelerate healthcare system improvement, focus must be given to processes that take into consideration both on the social and technical domains.
Highlights
Healthcare is arguably one of the most important and certainly one of the most complex of all industries
We argue that work requirements and social relations are inexorably intertwined—each profoundly impacting, reflecting, and even determining the other
We argue that in order to accelerate healthcare system improvement, focus must be given to processes that take into consideration both on the social and technical domains
Summary
Healthcare is arguably one of the most important and certainly one of the most complex of all industries. We argue that in order to accelerate healthcare system improvement, focus must be given to processes that take into consideration both on the social and technical domains.
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