The role of the physician in transforming the culture of healthcare
| Autor: | James O. Wells, Stanley J. Smits, Dawn E. Bowden |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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Value (ethics)
media_common.quotation_subject Organizational culture Context (language use) 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Originality Physicians Health care Humans Medicine 030212 general & internal medicine media_common business.industry Unintended consequences 030503 health policy & services Change management Public relations Organizational Culture United States Interdependence Leadership Professionalism 0305 other medical science business Delivery of Health Care |
| Zdroj: | Leadership in Health Services. 29:300-312 |
| ISSN: | 1751-1879 |
| DOI: | 10.1108/lhs-12-2015-0043 |
| Popis: | PurposeThe healthcare system in the USA is undergoing unprecedented change and its share of unintended consequences. This paper explores the leadership role of the physician in transforming the present culture of healthcare to restore, refine and preserve its traditional care components.Design/methodology/approachThe literature on change, organizational culture and leadership is leveraged to describe the structural interdependencies and dynamic complexity of the present healthcare system and to suggest how physicians can strengthen the care components of the healthcare culture.FindingsWhen an organization’s culture does not support internal integration and external adaptation, it is the responsibility of leadership to transform it. Leaders can influence culture to strengthen the care components of the healthcare system. The centrality of professionalism in the delivery of patient services places a moral, societal and ethical responsibility on physicians to lead a revitalization of the care culture.Practical implicationsThis paper focuses on cultural issues in healthcare and provides options and guidance for physicians as they attempt to lead and manage the context in which services are delivered.Originality/valueThe Competing Values Framework, the major interdependent domains and five principal mechanisms for leaders to embed and fine tune culture serve as the main tenets for describing the ongoing changes in healthcare and defining the role of the physician as leaders and advocates for the Patient Care Culture. |
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