New Leadership for Today's Health Care Professionals / Edition 2

by Louis G. Rubino, Salvador J. Esparza, Yolanda Chassiakos

Overview

The health care sector has experienced dramatic change both through the implementation of the Affordable Care Act as well as ongoing efforts to repeal it. In forthcoming years, health professionals will need to lead in what may be a very different environment with potentially more privatization and less government funding and restrictions. New Leadership for Today’s Health Care Professionals: Case s and Concepts, Second Edition explores various components of the health care system and how leaders should respond in these arenas. The Second Edition is a thorough revision that offers a comprehensive view of the leadership competencies necessary to be successful in today’s healthcare industry. Each chapter is written by a leader in the healthcare industry under the guidance of the editors who have many years’ experience in academia. Written with the undergraduate health professional student in mind, the book covers essential leadership concepts and offers many pedagogical features to engage the student in learning. Case s related to each chapter topic are woven into the text to help the student comprehend the practical side of the principles examined. Key Features: • Examines leadership from the perspective of the changes taking place in our nation and how leaders need to adjust to be effective • Offers new case studies a new chapter on global healthcare leadership • Highlights important concepts in health care leadership such as cultural competency, teamwork, patient- and family-centered leadership, community outreach, and physician collaboration.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781284148640
Publisher:	Jones & Bartlett Learning
Publication date:	12/24/2018
Pages:	378
Sales rank:	730,410
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 8.90(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

Dr. Louis G. Rubino is Professor and Chair of the Health Sciences Department at California State University, Northridge (CSUN). In the community, he serves as a governing board member at St. Francis Medical Center and is Chair of their Quality and Patient Safety Subcommittee. Prior to academia, Dr. Rubino served for 20 years as a hospital administrator and health system executive. Dr. Rubino holds a master’s degree and PhD in Public Administration from the University of Southern California. His expertise is the study of integrated systems with special emphasis on the operation of acute hospitals, international comparative studies in hospital administration, and leadership. He is a recertified Fellow in the American College of Healthcare Executives. He is the coeditor of Collaboration Across the Disciplines in Health Care.

Dr. Salvador J. Esparza has been teaching full-time in the Health Administration Program at California State University, Northridge since 2006. Prior to this time, Dr. Esparza was a practicing healthcare executive with extensive experience in hospital and ambulatory operations for a variety of healthcare organizations within and outside of California. He is a board-certified executive and Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives. Dr. Esparza started his career as a registered nurse and as a result has a great appreciation for the role and contribution of clinicians in healthcare organizations and the strategic value they provide for the effective delivery of healthcare services. He serves on the board of a local, not-for-profit medical foundation and has contributed his governance expertise to other organizations in his community.

Dr. Yolanda S. Reid Chassiakos is the Director of the Klotz Student Health Center at California State University, Northridge, and a Clinical Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at the David Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA. She is a Fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) and the American College of Physicians and serves on the Executive Committee of the AAP Council on Communications and Media. Dr. Chassiakos has also served as the Assistant Head of the Ambulatory Branch of the Department of Pediatrics at the Naval Hospital Bethesda, as the Project Director of the Preventive Services Initiative at the Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, and as the Chair of the Medical Staff at the Ashe Health and Wellness Center, UCLA. She is the co-editor of Collaboration Across the Disciplines in Health Care.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 A Call for New Leadership in Health Care
Chapter 2 Developing Healthcare Leaders
Chapter 3 The Culturally Competent and Inclusive Leader
Chapter 4 Creating a Culture of Professionalism
Chapter 5 Human Resource Considerations at the Top
Chapter 6 Strategic Thinking Leaders
Chapter 7 Building a Successful Leadership Team
Chapter 8 Leading Quality Initiatives
Chapter 9 Collaborative Leadership
Chapter 10 Transformational Leadership
Chapter 11 Person- and Family-Centered Leadership
Chapter 12 Financial Considerations for Healthcare Leaders
Chapter 13 The Physician Leader
Chapter 14 Governance in a New Era
Chapter 15 Leadership and Community Outreach
Chapter 16 Global Healthcare Leadership
Chapter 17 Future Trends: Implications For Leadership