Search Tag: Leadership
2018 03 Oct
MEDLAB Europe continued today with a packed session focusing on laboratory management. Chaired by Dr Ernesto Casis, Clinical Director of Hospital Universitari Vall d’Hebron in Barcelona and Carlo Kaabar, Laboratory Manager at Al Zahra Hospital in the UAE, leading lab professionals addressed delegates from all over Europe. The session started...Read more
2018 22 Sep
Simulation for building patient safety and quality leadership capacity Simu-Leader is an interactive simulation designed to build the skills needed for today’s safety and quality leaders. This article provides an overview of its assets and role in leadership development. Do healthcare leaders need simulation? Leaders and managers...Read more
2018 18 Sep
Experienced emergency medicine doctors shared their thoughts on leadership in several sessions at the European Society of Emergency Medicine congress in Glasgow last week. Ruth Brown, consultant in emergency medicine, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, London, UK spoke about emerging leadership. She reasoned that leaders need experience and self-confidence....Read more
2018 29 Aug
"Persuasion is often more effectual than force" should be a guiding principle for those aspiring to leadership roles. Effective persuasion can increase your success in solving problems, communicating new ideas, and influencing group decisions, according to an Opinion article published online in the Journal of the American College of Radiology....Read more
2018 21 Aug
Roderick Millar shares his innovative approach to leadership, which balances devolved decision-making and retaining overall control. The world is awash with leadership advice, and research from countless business schools and consultants frequently lists out the key characteristics of good leaders. These tend to fall into two categories:...Read more
2018 08 Aug
There are important challenges in healthcare today, in particular regarding the needs to pivot from volume-based care to value-based care and in doing so, to satisfy the goals of the “triple aim” — enhanced population health, experience of care (including quality and safety), and lower per capita cost. These challenges cry out for effective leadership...Read more
2018 08 Aug
Amidst changing organisational mandates and employee expectations, leaders must learn new ways of leading. Old command and control styles of management need to be replaced by new models that are principled and service-driven. Servant leadership offers a fresh approach to meeting the critical leadership challenges of contemporary healthcare...Read more
2018 12 Jun
Today we as healthcare providers face a new challenge: unleashing the power of digital technology to fundamentally reinvent how healthcare is delivered. This was the challenged posed to attendees at the recent ehealth conference. “E-health transforming healthcare in disruptive times ” held in the Royal College of Surgeons. Health leaders from...Read more
2018 01 Jun
Lifebank has developed crucial infrastructure in Nigeria, enabling the efficient transportation and storage of blood, saving thousands of lives. HealthManagement editor Marianna Keen spoke to CEO and founder Temie Giwa-Tubosun about her journey. To what degree has the blood shortage in Nigeria been tackled so far, due to the work of LifeBank?...Read more
2018 25 Jan
W h a t d o h e a l t h c a r e l e a d e r s s ee a h e a d ? HealthManagement.o r g spo k e to healthca r e leade r s on the futu r e of the sector . The consensus is Artificial In t elligen c e (AI),...Read more
2018 25 Jan
Expandi ng Leadership based on clinical evidenc e. In early September, Hologic launched the new 3Dimensions™ mammography system, a breast tomosynthesis system with the fastest and highest resolution, in EMEA. I recently had the pleasure of showcasing this cutting-edge device at the European Society of Breast Imaging (EUSOBI) Annual Scientific...Read more
2017 19 Sep
Servant leadership offers a fresh approach to meeting the critical leadership challenges of contemporary healthcare organisations, while honouring the humanity of everyone they touch. The terms of the work world have changed. Employee expectations and organisational mandates have shifted. In order to be successful and relevant in this environment,...Read more
2017 19 Sep
For better team cooperation and project success, ‘collaborative thinking’ could be the way to go. Two heads are better than one”. This couldn't be more accurate. I've always been a fan of working in a collaborative way: involving your team, sharing your thoughts and ideas with as many people as possible and getting different perspectives...Read more
2017 19 Sep
President (2016-2018) - British Institute of Radiology, UK Thomas Watson, IB M President 1943 said: “I think there is a world market for maybe 5 computers”. Never try to predict what might happen! What is your top management tip? Management is different from leadership! Leadership - have a vision that...Read more
2017 15 Sep
Historical command and control approaches to leadership fail in building relationships and engendering engagement and thus do not enhance performance like modern approaches to leadership. Historically, leadership in medicine was taught and practised in an approach akin to the military paradigm of command and control. It was believed that...Read more
2017 12 Sep
Creating a culture of safety within an organisation will have more chance of being successful when its leadership is totally involved. This has been shown by the experiences of Memorial Hermann Health System in Houston and the Seattle-based Virginia Mason Health System. Clinical representation on the board of directors is critical for a health system...Read more
2017 05 Sep
A research lab is where big discoveries are made. Like a business entity, a laboratory can be successful and achieve its goals if it's managed well. Lab-management skills, while used every day by scientists, are not directly taught to young scientists. Rather, they are learned secondhand. Management skills are important for science careers of all...Read more
2017 21 Aug
Are you seeing the potential benefits of conflict at work, or simply the pitfalls? Chris was a brilliant and gifted practitioner. Well qualified. Hard working. Very experienced. Loved by everyone - clients and colleagues, as well as friends and family. Chris was very generous at work, always happy to lend a hand or be a trusted...Read more
2017 21 Aug
What it Takes to be a Leader in the Digital Age In a world of fierce competition, digital projects have become an omnipresent challenge. While 75% of all businesses will be digital businesses or preparing to become one by 2020, software will disrupt virtually all traditional industries. In the face of a global economy that is in a state of flux,...Read more
2017 21 Aug
Affidea is known for clinical excellence and operational efficiency, but at Healthmanagement.org we are most interested in exploring what Affidea is doing with training and education. We spoke to Dr Rowland Illing, Affidea Chief Medical Officer, about this topic both in the clinical domain and in the more challenging area of leadership. ...Read more
2017 31 Jul
What would you remove from current business training and education, what would you replace it with and why? I would replace the outdated leadership and ethics courses with a cybersecurity and ethical leadership course, which would reframe the business world and provide the definitions for the new normality. Risk management education would...Read more
2017 13 Jun
A transitional state may refer to a new leader himself or herself, an organisation that is new to the leader, or an organisation that is changing. Whether leaders or their organisations are in transition, certain principles and considerations are supported by the leadership body of knowledge, according to an article published in the journal Academic...Read more
2017 15 May
While the opportunities or ability to achieve full leadership potential may not be possible for each radiologist, the core leadership qualities of the 360-Degree Leader may be applied by anyone, at any career level, to better manage their team, stay focused on vision, and navigate difficult situations, according to an article in press in Journal of the...Read more
2017 07 May
There is a pressing need for intelligent leaders who are able to deal effectively with today’s challenges and demands—and those of the future. But intelligence alone is not sufficient. It is simply a “blunt” tool that enables leaders to get things done. Too often leaders are intelligence giants but maturity dwarfs. This has far reaching,...Read more
2017 28 Mar
The difference between a good and a bad leader may be obvious, but when it comes to assuming the mantle of leadership, leaders are made, not born. When management and leadership is not routinely taught, intensivists benefit from hearing from experienced leaders such as Dr. Niall Ferguson , Head of Critical Care Medicine at the University Health Network...Read more