The Four Styles Of Leadership In Healthcare Organizations

Our leaders seem to have bundled several styles of leadership to get us where we are today. They have shown the ability to align the organization’s goals and strategies with what Medicare and government agencies have requested for all healthcare organizations. The situation of the economy has dictated that we have to cut costs any way we can. They have taught us to be good stewards of our resources and made us all participants in their goals by doing this. The organization as a whole is still in the transitional phase as things are smoothing out after a change in management, and we learn our new tasks. Departments are more streamlined now as our tasks have been clarified and more strategic goals have been identified. Our leaders have defined

our role in the organization and given us clear direction for our tasks ahead.
The culture of patient care has transformed also. We have moved the organization into the next phase of patient care. We are now, more than ever, able to provide care in so many ways. We have changed the setting of providing care in the hospital, to providing care electronically and in the patient's home very much like the old fashioned house calls, except now technology is used. Our goal is to keep the patients out of the hospital and in their own homes, making it more comfortable to the patient. Families will be taking a more active role in patient care now, on top of their already busy lives. We must pose the question of ethics with this plan; will it go so far as the family providing all the care and just be directed by the provider through a web link? We are already providing care across state lines, where will we be next?
Management has developed their own leadership practices but those practices have been shaped by previous leaders and experiences they have had over their careers. A strength in our leadership can be seen in “Mentoring How To” they mention that “our leaders today have a responsibility to help shape the leaders of tomorrow as well as prepare the organization for the future.”(Jakubik et al, 2016) To some people it is hard to fathom that we are practicing medicine over the internet. We have the technology available to us and we have been guided to this point in our organization by our ancestors and mentors of yesterday.