Health Medical Homework Help. Grand Canyon University Feedback Loops Discussion
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One of the tools that can be used for map and assess relationship between components of systems is feedback loops. A feedback loop is a process in which some portion, or all of the system’s output is used, as input for future operations (Acaroglu.) Feedback loops can be created that are effective in keeping patients, and providers alike engaged for example, by alerting a physician office when a patient has markedly abnormal blood sugar or blood pressure, thereby allowing the clinicians to focus, on patients at high risk without intervention (Acaroglu.) Since everything is interconnected, there are constant feedback loops and flows between elements of a system (Acaroglu.)
The two main types of feedback loops are reinforcing and balancing (Acaroglu.) What can be confusing is a reinforcing feedback loop is not usually a good thing (Acaroglu.) This happens when elements in a system reinforce more of the same, such as population growth or algae growing exponentially in a pond (Acaroglu.) In reinforcing loops, an abundance of one element can continually refine itself, which often leads to it taking over (Acaroglu.)
A negative feedback loop is a type of self-regulating system (Acaroglu.) In a negative feedback loop, increased output from the system inhibits future production by the system (Acaroglu.) The system controls how much product it makes by shutting down manufacturing when levels of output or the amount of accumulated product gets too high (Acaroglu.) Positive feedback in economic systems can cause boom-then-bust cycles, such as a loud squealing or howling sound produced by audio feedback in public address systems: the microphone picks up sound from its own loudspeakers, amplifies it, and sends it through the speakers again (Acaroglu.)
Reference
Acaroglu, Leyla. “Tools for System Thinkers: The 6 Fundamental Concepts of Systems Thinking.” LinkedIn Group, 7 Sept. 2017, medium.com.
