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R J Seigfried

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PubMed1999

Patient product availability through the use of systems thinking: developing coherent relationships.

The traditional techniques of quality improvement, such as just-in-time delivery, can only go so far in dealing with materiel management issues. A further step is necessary: the implementation of systems thinking. This type of thinking focuses on the interconnectedness of all the members that exist throughout the system. This article explains the nature of systems thinking and how it can be used in materiels management to describe and improve the availability of materiels needed.

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PubMed1998

Systems coherence: a method for evolving relationships and measuring system change.

To see the world systematically through the practice of systems thinking means to see the relationship in the phenomena we experience. The systems view is not just another way of improving an object, a process, or even services. It should not be viewed as a method that is focused only on "quality." The intrinsic value of systems thinking is in the movement of relationships.

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PubMed1993

The materiel manager's role in executive management.

The ability to achieve advancement for materiel management is a potential that few have challenged and achieved. Reasons for this lack of growth vary in degree, but the opportunities in the 1990s will be tremendous. The political skill and team leadership ability expressed by materiel managers throughout hospitals will ultimately result in whether this challenge is met or not. Materiel managers will need certainly to change their perception of their own role, as well as the perception of hospitals, in order to achieve this. The road will be challenging, but with the winning attitude, skill building, and proven management ability, I believe that materiel managers will become successful in hospital executive management in the 1990s.

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