Designing easy access to care for first‐episode psychosis in complex organizations

Easy access to antifungal agents.

Vulvovaginal candidiasis is a common problem; at one time or another most women experience at least one episode of this bothersome condition. For the past several years, the pharmaceutical industry has convinced women that this condition is easily treated and that they should recognize the symptoms of vulvovaginal candidiasis. Thus women have had access to a variety of intravaginal antifungal a...

Designing Organizations

Health Care Organizations as Complex Adaptive Systems

From its roots in physics, mathematics, and biology, the study of complexity science, or complex adaptive systems, has expanded into the domain of organizations and systems of organizations. Complexity science is useful for studying the evolution of complex organizations -entities with multiple, diverse, interconnected elements. Evolution of complex organizations often is accompanied by feedbac...

Access to Care for Multiple Sclerosis in Times of Economic Crisis in Greece – the HOPE II Study

Background While there is currently no cure for multiple sclerosis (MS), treatment with biologic diseasemodifying drugs (bDMDs) can reduce the impact of the condition on the lives of patients. In Greece, the regulatory change in the distribution system of bDMDs, limited their administration through the designated pharmacies of the National Organization for Healthcare Services Provision (EOPYY) ...

Designing Organizations to Lead with Knowledge

Organizational development practitioners in the knowledge economy must bring frameworks and development processes that help organizations build and sustain knowledge leadership. Today’s sustainable competitive advantage is knowledge: creating it, importing it, and leveraging it to deliver higher value to the market place than one’s competitors can provide. For example, financial services firms ...