Search Tag: Management
Are-doctors-really-resistant-to-becoming-leaders
2019 12 Feb
The work of a doctor often involves managing a care team or coordinating teams. However, medical schools train their students to be medical specialists, often not providing formal training for future doctors to learn essential leadership skills such as how to lead a team and how to resolve conflict. A new study, led by Prof. Marco Sartirana,...Read more
Highlights-from-the-i-i-i-blog-4
2019 21 Jan
(I expert, I question, I answer) Have you got something to say? Visit https://healthmanagement.org/blog/index or contact [email protected]. Michael E. Ramsay Chairman - Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Management Baylor University Medical Center, US. TOP QUOTE FROM ZOOM-ON-PROFILE Making healthcare...Read more
How-to-deal-with-toxic-underperfomers
2019 09 Jan
Much has been said about the positive characteristics of leadership . To be a good leader, for instance, you should be able to motivate your team towards a goal. The ability to mentor others and help them in their professional growth is also associated with effective leadership. It should be said that leadership entails a deep accountability, and...Read more
3-ways-to-contain-medicine-costs-and-shortages
2019 08 Jan
With drug prices and supply often at odds with each other, for example when supplies are plentiful but costs reach sky-high levels, what can a hospital exec do to mitigate the impact on operations? Pharmacy directors at three health systems give their views. Create your own drug company Trinity Health, based in Livonia, Michigan,...Read more
Iso-implementation-how-to-motivate-lab-personnel
2018 07 Nov
Transforming the pressure of accreditation into team engagement. With the requirement that ISO 15189 imposes on medical laboratories, which approach can motivate personnel to embrace the assessment criteria? As an internationally-recognised benchmark for quality management systems and competence standards, medical laboratories are constantly...Read more
Compassion-1
2018 07 Nov
The human dimension of productivity. Findings from recent studies on compassion in the workplace, the business case for compassion and some practical tips on how to create a more compassionate workplace. If you work in the healthcare sector, you agree that compassion is fundamental to patient care. The majority of the people...Read more
How-the-simple-ingredient-of-delight-can-transform-healthcare
2018 22 Sep
A small dose of ‘magic’ in the healthcare setting can lead to a more efficient experience. With an emphasis on health rather than sickness, healthcare can make simple but profound adjustments to align for a healthcare experience patients can actually look forward to. Healthcare futurist, entrepreneur, professor of molecular oncology, author...Read more
A-systems-perspective-on-collaborative-care-delivery
2018 21 Aug
For collaborative care delivery to be a driver of healthcare transformation, we need to think differently about how we design and manage healthcare delivery. Healthcare systems are undergoing transformation in order to meet the ever-changing needs of modern healthcare delivery. Our ageing population and increased prevalence of chronic disease...Read more
Risk-and-permission-the-core-of-good-leadership-for-the-modern-day
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
Separate-and-concentrate-a-sustainable-business-model-for-general-hospitals
2018 21 Aug
Reducing management complexity in patient care. Research shows how to optimise and streamline care in the hospital setting by separating patients into routine and complex groups. After years of medical progress, we are now facing the age of precision medicine in which new technologies allow for effective care tailored to the individual...Read more
Distributing-a-life-source-in-africa-1
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
Top-management-tips-from-2017
2017 09 Nov
Management ideas from leading healthcare professionals HealthManagement.org has compiled this year’s top management tips from some of our leading contributors for leadership ideas and inspiration. They reply to the question: What is your top management tip? “Be passionate about what you stand for and humble in leading...Read more
Coping-with-complexity
2017 21 Aug
The Irish military on embracing leadership that promotes diversity, inclusion and reflection. We live in a time of extraordinary change and complexity. This impacts on individuals, as well as the communities, organisations and institutions to which they belong. In examining the interlinkages between values, complexity, innovation and...Read more
3-top-tips-for-it-healthcare-from-kol
2017 14 Mar
1. Push for Constant Learning on All Levels “My top management tip is to create an environment of constant learning and development, being sure to include yourself in this process,” says Eric Poiseau, IHE Europe technical project manager, The French Institute for Research in Computer Science and Automation (INRIA). Learning...Read more
3-top-tips-for-execs-from-key-opinion-leaders
2017 14 Mar
1. Encourage Shared Decision-Making Shared decision-making between members of an emergency department team, including input from the patient, is key to delivering an accurate diagnosis as well as high quality treatment and care. “When teams share mental models of a situation and communicate effectively, they...Read more
3-top-tips-from-key-opinion-leaders
2017 10 Mar
Key opinion leaders (KOL) in the ICU field are often coming up with fantastic tips for becoming a better leader or clinician. We decided to share our top three with you: 1. Find/Encourage a Balance Balance is recommended in a variety of areas in life, and so it is with clinical practice too. It’s critical for a clinician to assess the criteria of...Read more
Are-newly-licensed-intensivists-prepared-for-practice
2017 21 Feb
A study in the Netherlands indicates that recently licensed intensivists are well prepared for most tasks in intensive care medicine (ICM). However, lower preparedness scores on tasks related to leadership and management, science, and professional development call for re-evaluation of the current curriculum. The findings will be published in Journal...Read more
Most-read-2016-cardiology-stories
2016 26 Dec
Thank you to our Editor-in-Chief, Cardiology, Prof. Tienush Rassaf, our authors and contributors for their good advice and great ideas. We look forward to bringing you more on innovation, cross-collaboration and best practice in 2017. Read on to find out our most read stories in Cardiology Highlights and in HealthManagement.org The Journal in 2016....Read more
The-burden-caused-by-administrators-and-managers-a-euro-american-jumble-1
2016 13 Nov
A EURO-AMERICAN JUMBLE We argue that a jumble of rules, protocols, checklists has emerged, which jeopardises not only the pivotal relationship between doctor and patient, but also the quality and costs of care, and the quality of future healthcare workers. It must be emphasised that the introduction of protocols and checklists in clinical medicine...Read more
2017-and-beyond-the-face-of-healthcare
2016 13 Nov
The Face of Healthcare Healthcare is at an exciting yet vulnerable crossroads. Technology is being implemented for everything from diagnosis to workflow solutions and more and more providers and professionals are joining forces in order to deliver the best care possible. With changes coming fast and furious, what do healthcare experts across...Read more
The-burden-caused-by-administrators-and-managers-a-euro-american-jumble
2016 27 Sep
We argue that a jumble of rules, protocols, checklists has emerged, which jeopardises not only the pivotal relationship between doctor and patient, but also the quality and costs of care, and the quality of future healthcare workers. It must be emphasised that the introduction of protocols and checklists in clinical medicine has improved care...Read more
Leadership-and-management-in-cardiovascular-medicine
2016 01 Jul
During the last fifty years, cardiovascular medicine has remarkably advanced by continuously contributing both in the prevention of cardiovascular diseases and their diagnostic and therapeutic management. Given the increase in the quality of life and survival rate of cardiovascular patients, it has been recognised that to a significant degree, the...Read more
Closing-the-mentor-generation-gap
2016 21 Jun
Talented managers and successful executives are often faced with the dilemma of being inundated with mentoring requests at the cost of sacrificing time for daily responsibilities. Sally Helgesen, an author, speaker, and leadership development consultant, argues that organisations often try to address the mentor gap by instituting formal...Read more
Saying-no-is-often-the-key-to-effective-leadership
2016 14 Jun
As difficult as it can be, saying no is often the key to effective leadership, says an ethics and management expert, just as most successful leaders have little difficulty to say no to a losing deal, to a project that’s wasting money, or to a request that doesn’t align with their priorities. These same leaders may feel awkward to speak up...Read more
10-principles-of-strategic-leadership-and-how-to-retain-leaders
2016 31 May
Most companies have leaders with the strong operational skills needed to maintain the status quo. But they are facing a critical deficit: they lack people in positions of power with the know-how, experience, and confidence required to tackle what management scientists call “wicked problems.” Such problems can’t be solved by a single command,...Read more