Leadership and Its Effect on Health Management

Leadership in health care focuses mainly on achieving the goal of effective health care delivery as a team under the guidance of another team member. Leadership in the health sector has become a key point in improving patient safety and health management as a whole. Delivering effective health care services to patients may be more efficient when health care professionals unite and act as a single body that is patient oriented. By developing a structure where leadership influences health management, the outcome of services rendered to patients is being greatly ameliorated. The Institute of Medicine (IOM) has outlined a number of actions which health care organizations need to implement in order to improve patient safety. The Baldrige National Quality Program also recognizes the importance of leaders and has stated the roles of leaders and what is expected of them in order to achieve excellence in health care. Leadership models are the fundamentals of leadership, which determine whether the objectives will be met as in the interest of the organization. This research was aimed to determine the impact of leadership on health management. This explores the characteristics of a leader, leadership styles that may be implemented, and their effect on outcome in a health care organization.