Included in the AONE Future Patient Care Delivery Guiding Principles is: Utilize systems thinking to design models around episodes of care (aligned with reimbursement) that?focus on care fa

Included in the AONE Future Patient Care Delivery Guiding Principles is:

Utilize systems thinking to design models around episodes of care (aligned with reimbursement) that focus on care facilitation, education, outcomes management, illness prevention, and health promotion utilizing high-level functions of integration, problem-solving, and coordination with a strong foundation of interdisciplinary teamwork.

Design models around episodes of care using systems thinking aligned with reimbursement.

Include the following aspects in the discussion:

Note: When faced with problems, you are not quite certain you understand well enough to answer, remember, start at the beginning, and break it into pieces.

• Find your favorite definition of "systems thinking", from Five ways to incorporate systems thinking into healthcare organizations (PDF) 
• Locate a rigorous source to explore from "Episode of Care or Bundled Payments – Health Cost Containment"
• Choose one of the healthcare needs from the AONE Future Patient Care Delivery Guiding Principles that you feel is the most important
• Discuss how you would design your model to incorporate systems thinking to episodes of care