Founded in 2023 and had their first local meeting in 2024, the Health System Dynamics (HSD) working group is started by a small number of academics and researchers. We envision a world where complex and novel technologies are used to solve the most pressing challenges in today's complex health systems.
The workshop emerged from a collaborative initiative driven by the goal of addressing global healthcare challenges through a comprehensive health systems perspective. This reflects the current healthcare landscape marked by the simultaneous development of highly complex technologies (e.g., personalized medicine) and widening disparities in access and outcomes. As healthcare faces growing pressures—such as the adoption of digital health solutions, increasing workforce strain, and the rise of specialized care (rare diseases, orphan conditions)—the workshop sought to explore ways to address these challenges. The aim was to combine diverse expertise, including systems engineering, economics, epidemiology, and implementation science, to develop more effective health systems models, ready to embrace novel and complex technological innovations.