Article Review: Healthcare Leadership Challenges and Opportunities

This report is a comprehensive review and reflection on the article "Leadership in Health Care for the 21st Century: Challenges and Opportunities" by Arroliga (2014). The student summarizes the article's key points, which include the rising costs of healthcare in the US, the impact of fragmented care delivery, and the importance of effective leadership in addressing these issues. The article highlights challenges such as leaders' lack of skills and inadequate training for new employees, as well as poor communication within healthcare organizations. The student reflects on how the article has improved their understanding of leadership in healthcare, employee motivation, and interdepartmental communication. The review also references other related articles that provide additional context to the topic. The student discusses the significance of leadership in motivating employees to serve the organization and patients, as well as the ways in which leadership can alter the performance of healthcare organizations. The reflection focuses on the importance of understanding the issues faced by individuals and the need for leaders to address them effectively. The student also emphasizes the need for senior leaders to mentor younger leaders and help them adapt to the healthcare environment.

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Article Summary
In the article entitled “Leadership in Health Care for the 21st Century: Challenges and
Opportunities”, the authors Arroliga (2014) highlight the several challenges and the
opportunities that are faced by the health care industry that has been existent within the territorial
boundaries of the United States. The article highlights the fact that the costs of the healthcare
activities has experienced a hike in the recent years as well. The increase in the costs of the
health care industry has been resulting from the increase in the various progresses that are
highlighted due to the increase in the researches and the development that include the
development of the newer drugs as well as the compensation that needs to be paid to the US
based providers. The authors further shed light on the fact that the fragmented and the
disorganized state of the system of care delivery has led to the increase in the costs within the
healthcare system.
The authors of the article highlight the fact that the leaders in case of the healthcare
facilities need to be capable of developing a clarity in the articulation and the communication for
the changes that have been taking place within the healthcare industry. The proper behavior on
the part of the leaders would help in the improvement of the care for the community and the
patients that have been involved with the given organization. The proper leadership further helps
in motivating the employees of the organizations to deal in the various activities that are related
to the implementation of the changes that are required for the proper maintenance of the progress
within the healthcare industry as well. Arroliga (2014) however state that the leaders within the
healthcare industry is known to have been lacking in the skills that are required for the overall
development of the industry. The other major challenge that is faced by the leaders in the
healthcare industry refers to the lack in the capability of the leaders to provide a proper training

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to the newer employees who have been adding to workforce of the given organization. This in
turn has been known to have been highlighting a negative impact on the overall operations of the
company. The other issue that is faced by the healthcare industry refers to the lack of the
adequacy within the response rates of the patients as well as the concerned employees. The lack
in the proper response and the delayed responses highlight the lack of the proper communication
within the organizations operational in the healthcare industry.
The article further highlights some of the measures that might be undertaken in order to
deal with the issues that are faced in case of the leadership that is faced by the concerned
organization as well. The article in discussion highlights the fact that the leaders should have a
better understanding of the issues that are faced by the individuals and thereafter make proper
attempts to put forth a resolution to the same. Arroliga (2014) further highlights the importance
of the communication among the various departments of the healthcare organizations in order to
deal in the issues as have been highlighted in the inter-disciplinary communication within the
organizations of the healthcare industry. The senior leaders within the industry are advised to
assist the younger leaders to adapt to the overall environment that is presented within the
industry. The adaptability of the leaders within the industry also helps in the overall development
of the performance of the concerned organizations thereby affecting the performance of the
industry at large. This would also help in the understanding of the ways in which employee
engagement within the industry might be increased thereby helping in the increase in the
productivity of the employees as well.
Reflection
The article in discussion helped me in the understanding of the various issues that are
highlighted in terms of the leadership that is practiced within the healthcare industry as well. The

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article has also helped me learn more about the ways in which the proper leadership within the
healthcare industry motivates the employees to serve the organization as well as the patients who
have been visiting the various healthcare organizations. The article further helped me in
understanding the ways in which the communication between the various departments of the
healthcare organizations assists in the understanding and the development of the employee
engagement within the organizational workforce. This also helps us in the understanding of the
ways in which the performance of the healthcare organizations might be altered with the proper
understanding of the leadership within the organization.

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