Health systems science
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Health systems science (HSS) is a foundational platform and framework for the study and understanding of how care is delivered, how health professionals work together to deliver that care, and how the health system can improve patient care and health care delivery.[1] It is one of the three pillars of medical education along with the basic and clinical sciences.[2] HSS includes the following core foundational domains: health care structure and process; health system improvement; value in health care; population, public, and social determinants of health; clinical informatics and health technology; and health care policy and economics.[1] It also includes four functional domains: ethics and legal; change agency, management, and advocacy; teaming; and leadership.[1] Systems thinking links all of these domains together.[1] Patient, family, and community are at the center of HSS.[3]
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