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Effective medical leadership /Bryce Taylor.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Publication details: Toronto : University of Toronto Press, (c)2010.Description: 1 online resource (xvi, 240 pages) : illustrationsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781442660410
  • 9781442690219
Subject(s): Genre/Form: LOC classification:
  • RA971 .E344 2010
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
Contents:
The Medical Leader's Job -- The Team and Teamwork -- The Personnel -- A Typical Day -- Quality of Care and Risk in Medicine -- Planning and Execution -- Data and Money -- Other Important Issues -- The Character of a Leader.
Subject: "The modern hospital represents a complex community in which life and death decisions are made on the front lines of patient care, and difficult operational and strategic initiatives are developed in the offices of institutional leaders. Effective Medical Leadership describes the unusual position of a medical leader in an organization often administered by non-medical managersSubject: Through extensive and situational examples in the complex hospital setting, Dr. Bryce Taylor illuminates the principles of leadership, focusing on the challenges, the solutions, and the daily life of the head of a division, department, or program. In hospitals, just as in other large organizations, effective leaders must appreciate the big picture, pay attention to detail, and, above all, care about the careers of their constituents in addition to patient health. Here, Taylor outlines successes as well as failures, emphasizing that leadership, while an imperfect science, is based on common sense, integrity, an orientation to the welfare of colleagues, and a passionate and consistent commitment to the mission of an organization."--Pub. desc
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Includes bibliographies and index.

Medical Leadership Is Different -- The Medical Leader's Job -- The Team and Teamwork -- The Personnel -- A Typical Day -- Quality of Care and Risk in Medicine -- Planning and Execution -- Data and Money -- Other Important Issues -- The Character of a Leader.

"The modern hospital represents a complex community in which life and death decisions are made on the front lines of patient care, and difficult operational and strategic initiatives are developed in the offices of institutional leaders. Effective Medical Leadership describes the unusual position of a medical leader in an organization often administered by non-medical managers

Through extensive and situational examples in the complex hospital setting, Dr. Bryce Taylor illuminates the principles of leadership, focusing on the challenges, the solutions, and the daily life of the head of a division, department, or program. In hospitals, just as in other large organizations, effective leaders must appreciate the big picture, pay attention to detail, and, above all, care about the careers of their constituents in addition to patient health. Here, Taylor outlines successes as well as failures, emphasizing that leadership, while an imperfect science, is based on common sense, integrity, an orientation to the welfare of colleagues, and a passionate and consistent commitment to the mission of an organization."--Pub. desc

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