Why Hospitals Fail : Between Theory and Practice

This book explores the current wider political, social and economic context of hospitals in the public and private sector globally and identifies the push and pull tension between the demands of the quality regulator and the requirements of health care commissioning processes. This book draws on the...

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Corporate Author SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors Godbole, Prasad (Editor), Burke, Derek (Editor), Aylott, Jill (Editor)
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
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Online AccessFull text
ISBN9783319562247
DOI10.1007/978-3-319-56224-7
Physical DescriptionX, 172 p. 54 illus., 36 illus. in color. online resource.

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Table of Contents:
  • The challenge of context
  • What are the factors that cause failure?
  • Return on investment of engaged and skilled medical staff
  • Contribution of medical leaders to successful transformational change
  • Theory of Leadership
  • Team Working
  • Change and OD
  • Learning Styles, undertaking a self assessment of leadership learning needs
  • Strategic planning
  • Transformation, Efficiency, Effectiveness
  • Clinicians versus managers or the new hybrid?
  • Practice
  • Case Studies.