Search Tag: Leadership

IT Management

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

Executive Health Management

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

Executive Health Management

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

Executive Health Management

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

Executive Health Management

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

Health Management

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

Executive Health Management

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

IT Management

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

Health Management

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

ICU Management

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