This volume allows readers to discover how top health care leaders envision the decades ahead and ensure your future as a 21st century health care leader.

Today's health care leaders find themselves in an industry that bears little resemblance to the one they learned about in school. Although the economic and political mandates for decreasing costs and improving quality are apparent, health care executives, administrators, caregivers, and policy makers must learn to continually redefine their roles as leaders to stay ahead of the competition. The 21st Century Health Care Leader brings together today's most influential and successful health care professionals whose valuable insight will assist current and future leaders in exchanging reactivity for proactivity, remaining effective, and transforming their organizations.
With a foreword by James C. Collins, The 21st Century Health Care Leader is a collection of new thought from many of the country's leading practitioners and scholars in health and human services. In thirty-seven original chapters, these distinguished contributors describe the skills and competencies that will be required of tomorrow's health care executives and caregivers. With insight and candor, the authors show what it will take to prevail as a health care leader of tomorrow. They demonstrate how to combine creativity and knowledge to design new business approaches, and they reveal how innovative organizations will contribute to the health and well-being of those served.
Written especially for this collection, the chapters demonstrate how to meet the myriad challenges of health care delivery and show how health care leaders can
Provide a continuum of superior clinical care across broad populations in a coordinated fashion
Eliminate unnecessary duplication, competition, and inefficiency
Make technology choices that will offer substantial benefits and contain costs
Generate innovative strategies for dealing with an aging population
Create new information systems that can effectively document clinical outcomes and help manage costs
Adequately address the needs of uninsured and underinsured Americans
Develop new strategies for financing medical education and training
Each of the expert contributors offers a unique and compelling perspective on health care leadership. Their combined essays form an unprecedented compendium of insight and knowledge. The 21st Century Health Care Leader provides a powerful tool for any leader who wants to guarantee his or her future in the health care industry. Ensure Your Future in Health Care The most compelling issues, challenges, and solutions-discover what top health care leaders envision the decades ahead and ensure your future as a 21st century health care leader. Featuring the insight and inspiration of
Jeffrey C. Barbakow
Marjorie Beyers
R. Mark Biddle
Marilyn P. Chow
Jon Christianson
Janet Coffman
Russell Coile
James C. Collins
Keith Dixon
Ellen Dodson
Gloria Feldt
Joe Flower
William Foege
Charles Frame
Elaine Franklin
Roderick W. Gilkey
Kent Glenzer
Karen Golden-Biddle
Marshall Goldsmith
Lawrence Gostin
Paul Halverson
Patrick G. Hays
John Henry
Michael Johns
Wanda Jones
Arnold D. Kaluzny
Darrell Kirch
Stephen Latham
Thomas Lawley
David M. Lawrence
Gary Lieberman
Merrill Matthews Jr.
Mort Meyerson
Charles W. McCall
Martha McSteen
Maurice Middleberg
William L. Minnix Jr.
Robbin Moore
Randall C. Morgan Jr.
Robin Morjikian
Edward O'Neil
Thomas R. Reardon
Russell J. Ricci
Mark Rosenberg
Leonard D. Schaeffer
Joel Shalowitz
Lorraine Tarnove
Carl Volpe
Anthony Wellever
Howard Zuckerman


Discover how top health care leaders envision the decades ahead and ensure your future as a 21st century health care leader. The 21st Century Health Care Leader brings together today's most influential and successful health care professionals whose valuable insight will assist current and future leaders exchange reactivity for proactivity, remain effective, and transform their organizations.

In 37 original chapters, this distinguished group of contributors describe the skills and competencies that will be required of tomorrow's health care executives and caregivers who desire to renew their organizations. With insight and candor, the authors show what it will take to prevail as a health care leader of tomorrow. Meet the myriad challenges of health care delivery including how to eliminate unnecessary duplication, competition, and inefficiency. In addition, health care professionals will learn how they can combine creativity and knowledge to design new business approaches and innovative organizations.

The 21st Century Health Care Leader offers a unique and compelling perspective on health care leadership and a powerful tool for any leader who wants to guarantee their future in the health care industry.