Leadership in Healthcare: Strategies for Improving Quality of Care

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Introduction:
With the global burden of disease, the demand of providing safe and responsive patient-
centered care is intensifying. The presence of effective leaders in health care sectors is crucial
for improving the quality of cares and obtains the desired outcome (Wu et al., 2016). The
presence of effective leaders with the appropriate quality of plan ensures the delivery of safe,
compassionate health care services (Freeman, 2016). This paper will provide leadership
strategies, Stakeholder identification, quality philosophy based on the mission of the
organization, organizational chart of the key stakeholders, and crucial committee member for
improving the quality of care in following paragraphs.
Discussion:
Leadership strategies:
As discussed by Lawrence and Pirson (2015), leadership is not a position but a process
of facilitating the growth of the organization, in this case providing safe and responsive care to
patients. In the current context, the transformation leadership style was adopted by the
organizations in order to provide patient-centered care. Leadership strategies that were used are
the following:
• Development of the organizational mission and desired and achievable goals.
• Play a role in financial stability as well as viability in order to provide the patient centered
care.
• Involvement of executive and management in direct interact with frontline workers to
identify and address issues regarding the safety of the patient. Visits of management in the

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clinical unit and involve them in frank conversation regarding safety issues positively influence
safety culture (Marchais-Roubelat & Roubelat, 2016).
• Engagement of those health professionals who take time in reporting and guiding them
with resources can facilitate the process of addressing safety issues and provide an opportunity to
illustrate the importance of patient safety as an organizational priority (Lawrence & Pirson,
2015).
• Management of disruptive and unprofessional behavior by clinicians and improving the
quality of care by increasing transparency.
• Development of early intervention for clinicians who are exhibiting unprofessional
approaches.
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Identification of stakeholders:
In an organization, stakeholders are the member of a group who support the
organization in order to bring growth and facilitate customer engagement (Räisänen, Josephsson,
& Luvö, 2015). The key stakeholders of an organization are directors, employees, government
staffs and suppliers or union (Lawrence & Pirson, 2015). In the current context, the reverent
stakeholders include hospital boards who take part in strategic initiatives to improve quality and
safety, executives and management who can communicate with frontline workers regarding
safety issues, medical staff who are proving care to the patients, Joint Commission who design
strategies and evaluate the adherence to the strategies which leads to quality of care, patients who
are experiencing quality and safety issues. Involvement of relevant stakeholders with proper