Transforming Health Care Leadership: A Systems Guide to Improve Patient Care, Decrease Costs, and Improve Population Health

This book is TERRIBLE!! So much so that I decided to take the time to try to spare you! It is terribly written and poorly organized. It drives me nuts when intelligent people are so insecure that they have to attempt to sound as "smart" as possible. That pretty much sums up this book. They have pretty much written a common sense book with NO COMMON SENSE!! Sentences are wordy and confusing. I'm in top 5% intelligence and can usually slam through books. Not here. This is SO BORING and written so poorly that you have to dissect it at points. The material itself is easy and COULD have been written in such a clear and concise way. What a disappointment. True intelligence means conveying things in a meaningful and easily understood way. That is FAR FROM what this book has to offer. The only reason I have read *parts of this book is because I have to for my post-grad. Otherwise, I would burn this book for fuel. It is exactly everything a leader should NOT be= Wordy, confusing, disorganized, holier-than-thou. Skip this one folks.

I run the public health division of a major urban health agency. This book hits a grand slam!!! If you want an integrated, comprehensive framework and road map (with examples) on leading a health system transformation into a learning organization, then this is the perfect book. This book is a tremendous gift to organizational health leaders at every level that aspire to lead their team, unit, division, or agency into strategic, self-organizing, continuously-improving, high-performing systems (and subsystems) that protect and promote health, prevent disease and injury, and improve quality of life and well-being.The book covers three domains: Leadership philosophy, Strategic Intelligence, and Profound Knowledge[1] Leadership philosophy - - Defining organizational purpose - - Ethical and moral reasoning - - Practical values - - Defining results[2] Strategic Intelligence - - Foresight (future internal and external changes that will significantly impact the organization) - - Visioning (idealized design of the future: purpose, people, practical values, processes) - - Partnering (team, customers, suppliers) - - Motivating (influencing, persuading, inspiring)[3] Profound knowledge (based on W. Edwards Deming) - - Systems thinking for health organizations - - Personality intelligence (team/group psychology) - - Knowledge creation (theory of learning using PDSA cyles) - - Statistical thinking for decision-making ("knowledge of variation") 'This book applies to any health organization including public health and medical care systems. I have not read a better critical synthesis of leadership theories, continuous improvement, and organizational performance. This book will provide a unifying, modern framework to organize your health leadership development in today's complex, high-risk environment.

I've read almost everything that's been published on healthcare leadership, quality management, and quality improvement in the last thirty years. This wonderful book synthesizes the best knowledge available and gives it a whole new spin. Dr. Deming talked about his "System of Profound Knowledge," but many people have a hard time really understanding it. Maccoby, Norman, Norman, and Margolies have made Dr. Deming's teaching accessible and actionable. If you've only got time to read one book a decade, this is the one. It will help you become a better leader and produce tangible results for the patients you serve.

Excellent subject matter related to transformational leadership aimed at advanced practice nursing. Good read and easy to follow.A bit difficult to highlight. Could be my clumsy fingers though.

Easy upload kindle is the way to go!!

I received this book as promised. Timely.

A text book for a class I took. The format is easy to follow, well written, with progressive thinking

Great!!!

Excellent description of the cultural differences between different groups in Healthcare, and the leadership necessary to improve.