Population-Centered Medicine and Systems Theory The overall goal of Systems Theory is to reduce or rid communities of inequities so that delivery of health care reaches everyone successfully. It requires that changes are sought by looking at the entire process, in a systematic way using four areas of guidance (Balcazar, Northridge, Benjamin, Kapadia, and Hann, 2009). Using Systems Theory in analyzing the use of population-centered medicine in the form of MMUS, allows practitioners to understand how the homeless community is organized, how they operate in regards to their community and themselves and how they process and interpret change. This view considers how the homeless are affected by their environment, and is taken into account when a clinical presentation is made [diagnosis and treatment] (Stanhope & Lancaster, 2007).
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Our input is our MMU, the output is the quality of care received by the homeless population, that can be measured quantitatively and qualitatively, as well as other measurable items, such as the amounts of homeless individuals seen, interactions and relationships in terms of satisfaction, and retention rate. The last and fourth component, of Systems Theory, is the feedback loop, which provides information for use of evaluating and monitoring the mobile medical unit and its delivery of health care in the community (National Center for Environmental Health,
Our input is our MMU, the output is the quality of care received by the homeless population, that can be measured quantitatively and qualitatively, as well as other measurable items, such as the amounts of homeless individuals seen, interactions and relationships in terms of satisfaction, and retention rate. The last and fourth component, of Systems Theory, is the feedback loop, which provides information for use of evaluating and monitoring the mobile medical unit and its delivery of health care in the community (National Center for Environmental Health,