Search Tag: Leadership
Becoming-a-radiology-leader
2013 10 Mar
Professor Yves Menu from France encouraged radiologists to become leaders in the Management in Radiology session on Saturday. The leader as the isolated charismatic hero is disappearing. You can be educated for leadership. Menu gave three tips for new leaders: 1. It can be learnt, at least in part. There are tools to help radiologists learn...Read more
An-interview-with-professor-hans-flaatten-on-management-in-intensive-care
2013 15 Aug
Researcher and head of intensive care at Haukeland University Hospital, Professor Hans Flaatten believes that two goals essential to quality intensive care are good intra- and inter-team cooperation and respect, and constantly implementing the latest research findings into intensive care guidelines and practice. Introduction Professor...Read more
Building-a-culture-of-excellence-from-the-ground-up
2014 08 Mar
Author Alicia Campbell Facility Director CMC-Waxhaw North Carolina USA [email protected] This article discusses the key steps taken to hire and create a team at a new facility and details the education and onboarding that was used, as well as the foundations required...Read more
Study-clinical-leadership-vital-to-it-adoption-and-competency
2014 03 Jun
Healthcare organisations, which adopt new information technology (IT), should rely on clinical leaders with technical informatics and IT project management skills for its successful implementation, according to a study published in the International Journal of Medical Informatics. Process improvements and quality care ultimately depend on the attentive...Read more
Philips-healthcare-new-management-structure-to-improve-performance
2014 13 Jul
Healthcare EBITA below market expectations in Q2; Group EBITA broadly in line Healthcare business groups to report directly to CEO Frans van Houten Healthcare CEO Deborah DiSanzo has decided to leave the company to pursue other Royal Philips has announced that it is implementing a new management structure in its Healthcare sector...Read more
Leadership-of-staff
2014 08 Nov
Senior managers must prepare their organisation for tomorrow's world, in which the quality of the results of holistically designed meta-processes counts. Their remit goes far beyond achieving successful daily management structures, and demands a new set of qualities. These include the capacity to envision future scenarios and be answerable for their...Read more
Siemens-reorganises-healthcare-management-bernd-montag-ceo
2015 29 Jan
Siemens has just named Bernd Montag as the new CEO of its health care business. Montag will replace Hermann Requardt as of February 1. In other changes announced by the company, Janina Kugel will join the Managing Board and Michael Reitermann will be appointed as a member of the Executive Management. Michael Sen will step in as the Chief Financial...Read more
Delivery-system-reform-from-the-inside-out
2015 09 Apr
An alliance of major healthcare organisations publicly committed to partnering with patients is forming under the aegis of the Institute for Healthcare Improvement. In a “Viewpoint” published online in JAMA, the intentions of the Leadership Alliance are outlined, describing how healthcare reform in the US should be led from the “inside out” rather...Read more
Leadership-in-healthcare
2015 26 May
According to a systematic review of 45 studies, leadership development programmes for physicians are associated with increased self-assessed knowledge and expertise. The review was conducted by Professor Jan Frich at University of Oslo and colleagues at Yale School of Public Health and is published in the Journal of General Internal Medicine. The...Read more
5-traits-a-healthcare-ceo-needs
2015 19 Jun
Healthcare organisations that aim to survive and grow need CEOs that understand the continuum of care and are capable of providing patients a bundle of excellent services at economical costs. Some key attributes that ideal healthcare CEOs should have include: Ability to Embrace Change : CEOs, especially in healthcare, need to be open to change...Read more
Zoom-on-henrique-martins-president-of-shared-services-of-the-ministry-of-health-portugal-spms
2015 14 Jul
Prof. Henrique Martins is an Internal Medicine Specialist and a writer and speaker on the subject of eHealth and Leadership. He earned his PhD degree from the Judge Business School, University of Cambridge with a thesis on “The use of Mobile ICT in clinical Settings”. eHealth being central to his work, he worked as the Chief Medical Information Officer...Read more
Maquet-powered-by-success-heinz-jacqui-ceo
2015 28 Jul
Maquet CEO Heinz Jacqui gives an interesting insight in his leadership style, the goals and expectations for the company’s future. Since his first days at Maquet in 2012, Heinz Jacqui has been driven to transform a collection of individual companies into a unified process-oriented global player. “We need to focus on the clinical outcomes and economical...Read more
Three-steps-to-thinking-like-a-leader
2015 11 Aug
Certain desirable skills and attributes can help you become a leader — that's according to competency-based models. But to be an effective leader, you need to adopt a mental model that makes it possible to acquire those skills and demonstrate those attributes/behaviours in the first place, according to Eric J. McNulty, director of research at the National...Read more
The-show-must-go-on
2015 29 Sep
A paper published in the journal Organizational Dynamics provides a leadership learning framework developed as a result of the authors' research with Broadway producers. This framework will enable individuals to develop personal leadership learning strategies as well as encourage organisations to provide opportunities that foster effective leadership...Read more
Mir-2015-managing-a-complex-radiology-department
2015 09 Oct
Managing a large radiology department is not the job for just one leader, according to Jim Reekers, Amsterdam, who spoke at the Management in Radiology (MIR) annual meeting in Barcelona this week. Appointing deputies for each area, and delegating responsibility will help to avoid bottlenecks in decision-making, he said, and the role of the leader starts...Read more
Mir-2015-radiology-societies-step-up-to-develop-radiology-leaders
2015 09 Oct
Worldwide there is a mandate for providing value healthcare, and radiologists play a key role in leading the team approach to high quality, high value healthcare delivery and population health. William Thorwath, CEO, American College of Radiology spoke at the Management in Radiology (MIR) annual meeting on 9 October about the need to foster radiology...Read more
Esicm-2015-implementing-guidelines-how-can-we-get-better
2015 13 Oct
Implementing change in the ICU is not easy, but change management, managed implementation of checklists and bundles and electronic records are all measures that can be used to put guidelines into practice. Speakers from Sweden, France and the UK addressed the issues in a session at the European Society of Intensive Care Medicine 2015 congress in Berlin,...Read more
Mir-2015-leadership-essentials-canada-leads-the-way
2015 03 Nov
It’s a given that leadership is the single most important factor in the success of any enterprise. However, healthcare is heading into a leadership supply crisis, primarily caused by massive baby boomer retirement and insufficient succession planning. Healthcare systems require transformation to allow for enhanced capacity, but it takes more and better...Read more
Our-top-management-leadership-tips-for-2016
2015 17 Dec
HealthManagement.org: Top Management & Leadership Tips HealthManagement.org publishes the latest on cutting edge practice in healthcare management across our Imaging, ICU, Admin, IT and Cardiology platforms contributed from top experts around the world. We’ve compiled a list of the best management tips we’ve received from our valued contributors...Read more
8-simple-strategies-for-charismatic-leaders
2016 06 Jan
We all know charisma when we see it, but when it comes to leadership, is charisma the result of natural ability or training? When contact with referring clinicians and patients is limited, communicating with influence counts, beyond just being available. In a recent article in JACR, the Journal of the American College of Radiology, Anika McGrath,...Read more
Healthmanagement-org-top-management-tips-2016-no-4
2016 07 Jan
HealthManagement.org publishes the latest on cutting edge practice in healthcare management across our Imaging , ICU , Admin , IT and Cardiology platforms contributed from top experts around the world. We’ve compiled a list of the best management tips we’ve received from our valued contributors in 2015 to inspire you for the New Year. Read...Read more
Healthmanagement-org-top-management-tips-2016-no-5
2016 07 Jan
HealthManagement.org publishes the latest on cutting edge practice in healthcare management across our Imaging, ICU, Admin, IT and Cardiology platforms contributed from top experts around the world. We’ve compiled a list of the best management tips we’ve received from our valued contributors in 2015 to inspire you for the New Year. Read on...Read more
Lmc-forum-leadership-management-in-cardiovascular-medicine
2016 16 Jun
The Leadership & Management Forum aspires to assemble senior executives of the cardiovascular community who are occupied either in the academic field or in the National Schools of Public Health, directors of cardiovascular clinics and labs, decision makers in public and private health care sectors, as well as executives in the Insurance, Pharma and...Read more
Multidisciplinary-care-in-the-icu-who-s-in-charge
2016 08 Feb
Who should direct care in the ICU? And is the model of “ship’s captain” still valid in the era of multidisciplinary team-based care? “The question of who is captain of the ship is too often a distraction and, more importantly, does not contribute to good patient management", write Michael Nurok, MBChB, PhD, medical director of the Cardiac-Surgical...Read more
3-leadership-essentials-for-an-exceptional-service-culture
2016 08 Feb
All organisations talk about service, but for healthcare organisations, service is everything. Fostering an exceptional service culture throughout your healthcare organisation can be a challenge, but it can be done. In my book, Raising the Bar on Service Excellence , I talk about what it takes to get the people within the organisation to this level....Read more
Millennial-nurse-leaders-must-learn-empathy
2016 12 Feb
According to an article published in Becker's Infection Control & Clinical Quality , hospital executives need to understand a few key principles to teach younger nurses so that they are able to be the next wave of leaders in the field. While there are time-tested principles/practices already in place, they way they are delivered to this new class...Read more
Healthcare-leadership-crisis-the-canadian-solution
2016 27 Feb
Healthcare, a Changing Landscape Equal access to a quality healthcare system is part of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms (1982), and is considered as a right by Canadians. Making Canadians the healthiest people in the world as well as preserving a healthcare system that is true to their values and sustainable must be the system’s overriding...Read more
Care-continuum
2016 27 Feb
The care continuum is well upon us and has become a rapidly evolving concept as the medical profession tries to move forward while keeping abreast of developments in and around the health sector Radiology’s role in the care continuum is a matter I have witnessed and personally dealt with during my experiences at Hospital Clinic Barcelona when piloting...Read more