title: A systems analysis approach to planned change in a clinical psychiatric program.
abstract: In health car facilities, systems studies are commonly conducted as ivory-tower operations with minimal impact and little practical result. A real-life case study was presented to demonstrate how it can be used effectively in a collaborative manner to implement constructive change. Systems Analysis techniques were succe-sfully used with the staff of a psychiatric ward to plan for a satellite outpatient treatment program. The focus was on collaboration to help the ward to obtain objective information for decisions concerning the need for changes in their existing system.
mesh_terms: D002140:California; D003657:Decision Making; D006753:Hospital Records; D006778:Hospitals, Psychiatric; D010044:Outpatient Clinics, Hospital; D010564:Personnel, Hospital / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D013597:Systems Analysis