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Systems intervention: new help for hospitals.

N S Stearns·T A Bergan·E B Roberts·J L Quigley
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Systems intervention is a dynamic approach to dynamic problems. By illustrating evolution and change in the nature of the problems--and the solutions--it provides a structure that encourages healthy interchange, discourages debilitating conflict, and ensures continuing commitment.

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Hospital AdministrationHospital Bed Capacity, 100 to 299MassachusettsModels, TheoreticalProblem SolvingProfessional Staff CommitteesSystems AnalysisJournal Article

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N S Stearns, T A Bergan, E B Roberts, J L Quigley. 1976. Systems intervention: new help for hospitals.. https://doi.org/10.1097/00004010-197600140-00005

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