The Leadership and the Health Services: A Systematic Review

Creative and innovative leadership has replaced status-quo oriented processes and practices, which were primarily catered for balancing the daily needs of the systems with staying atop a changing matrix that has seen competition like no time in history. The healthcare industry is required to rethink its philosophies and patterns amidst the call for change and despite during the recent economic meltdown, the healthcare industry continued to maintain unprecedented growth. The shift to a concentration on patient satisfaction caused healthcare executives scrambling to establish equilibrium between high degree of patient satisfaction, the escalating costs of dispensation of services, and the complexity of consumers’ needs. Healthcare leaders must persistently examine the impact that hospital services have on patients and their families, customers, physicians, and staff. Despite the effort made by healthcare administrators to contain the disequilibrium between available resources and rising costs, the situations have led many healthcare facilities to the precipice of bankruptcy

Leadership Theories and Styles: A Literature Review

Numerous explanations, classifications, theories and definitions about leadership, exist in the contemporary literature. Substantial effort has gone in to classify and clarify different dimensions of active leadership thus, generating considerable organizational and social research of leadership styles and behaviors. Many researchers and practitioners have developed a consensus that the progression of thinking over the years has developed a belief that leadership is a flexible developmental process, with each new piece of research building on and seldom completely disregarding that which was derived before it. Main theories that emerged during 20th century include: the Great Man theory, Trait theory, Process leadership theory, Style and Behavioral theory, Transformational, Transactional and Laissez Faire leadership theory

The Managerial and Technological Innovation in Health System

The invention is the first incidence of an impression for a new creation, service and process, whereas the innovation signifies placing somewhat into practice, a new way of doing things, a new value and a new application of an old concept. To be able to turn invention into innovation organizations normally need to combine several different types of knowledge, capabilities, skills and resources. For example, the introduction of a fresh technology will have need of new equipment, new skills and knowledge through learning, training and improvement along with an entire system approach to make sure a joined-up service. Innovation is the thoughtful overview and application within the products or procedures, processes, planned to benefit the individual, new to the related adoption of role, the group, society and organization. Public  sector  innovation  correspond  creativity,  novelty  and  the  intention  of  affecting improvement in something, for example through new or improved services and processes

The Complications and Challenges Confronted by Healthcare System in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan: A Review

There are countless determinants of poor health status and poor population planning outcomes, socio-economic, biological, environmental, cultural and institutional. The present study investigated briefly the health system, infrastructure and strategies formulated by the government viva comprehensive development strategy, incorporating priorities included in the draft national health policy, national programs designed to complete the health-related issues, the poverty reduction strategy and the medium term development framework in health sector of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The present scenario offerings a picture that could be devastating for already scarce resources available at the disposal of the health care system. Increase in population size creates a number of challenges both for growth and development in the current macro-economically challenged environment, as well as security complexion. Increasing population size has direct bearing on the health status of the country, which is already poor, as evidenced by indicators reflected in a compilation of health system and health care services.

Demographic Prediction towards Leadership and Innovation in Healthcare Services

A multi-source approach has been adopted to collect survey data from health professionals serving in district level hospitals located in seven districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) province of Pakistan. As the design of research of the present study is quantitative-cum-qualitative, so, for the purpose, both statistical and textual facts have been mustered and analyzed by deploying inferential and descriptive tools. To rationalize the contextual and qualitative facts and figures, the thematic analysis was applied by using argumentation while for the quantitative and field data, the statistical tools were applied. Altogether, the analysis revolves around the idea of recognizing and computing the role of leadership and personal factors on the innovation of services providers in the health system of KP. All these variables have been extracted from the existing relevant literature and then transformed into a theoretical framework/research model. Different tools and tests were used to investigate the relationship between leadership and health services while mediating the personal attributes (demographics)

The Leadership and the Health Services: A Systematic Review

Creative and innovative leadership has replaced status-quo oriented processes and practices, which were primarily catered for balancing the daily needs of the systems with staying atop a changing matrix that has seen competition like no time in history. The healthcare industry is required to rethink its philosophies and patterns amidst the call for change and despite during the recent economic meltdown, the healthcare industry continued to maintain unprecedented growth. The shift to a concentration on patient satisfaction caused healthcare executives scrambling to establish equilibrium between high degree of patient satisfaction, the escalating costs of dispensation of services, and the complexity of consumers’ needs. Healthcare leaders must persistently examine the impact that hospital services have on patients and their families, customers, physicians, and staff. Despite the effort made by healthcare administrators to contain the disequilibrium between available resources and rising costs, the situations have led many healthcare facilities to the precipice of bankruptcy

The Impact of Leadership Styles on Innovation in the Health Services

In Pakistan, the health sector has remained the victim of negligence on the part of all those who are responsible for the matters pertaining with this sector. The status of the health sector is one of the significant indicators of the social development as it places a very important role in building a health society leading a sound mind and ultimately a stable economy. Presently, the apathetic situation prevailing in the health related departments is telling upon the health of the entire nation in all respects. In this regard, the responsibility falls upon the shoulders of all the concerned especially people at the helm namely the leadership. Although, the problems are age-long rather entrenched yet a dedicated and committed leadership can resolve the situation through comprehensive and well-concerted efforts. There is a dire need to plan and implement certain well-consented measures to the grade of innovations to bring out the whole system from the clutches of status quo marked by lethargy, insensitivity and apathy. The aim and focus of all these innovative measures rests upon the smooth and timely provision of all the health services to those who seek them.

The Challenges Concerning the HealthCare Leadership towards Innovation in Developing Countries like Pakistan

In the developing countries like Pakistan, the health sector has been persistently ignored rather neglected in all respects hitherto. Poor governance, maladministration, praetorians, militancy and extremism, stagflation and poverty, institutional dilapidation, social degeneration, plummeting growth indicators, population explosion, illiteracy and incompetence, political instability, incoherent and short sighted policies, limited availability of funds and inadequate budgetary allocation for education, health and water and sanitation, are a few factor meriting consideration by all. Cultural dimension also plays a role in Pakistan case as epitomized by the prevailing apprehensions of the populace belonging to rural areas particularly FATA and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa towards international and national initiatives on eradication of various diseases

The Leadership and Innovation: Prospects and Challenges

The contemporary competitive landscape is being driven by globalization, hyper-competition, technological revolution, price and customer satisfaction and extra-ordinary focus on quality, demanding an increased emphasis and recognition on innovation, being a strategic competence. A majority of scholars have opined that these two constructs are tightly intertwined. Numerous researchers recommended the positive relationship between the leadership and innovation. Innovation management is a cumbersome process entailing consistent support and involvement. Evaluation of the leadership, innovation relationship is very vital in a developing countries context since organizations often confront intense competition, institutional flux and macroeconomic volatility. The hierarchal leadership resulted in toxic organizational cultures that influenced innovation implementation and thus quality