Leadership Problem in Health Care

HEALTH AND MEDICINE
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Leadership Problem in Health Care
Generally, the health care system is complex compared to most of other service providing systems. Most of its clients do not come willingly but are forced by situations such as illnesses and pregnancy. Being a complex system, health care management is faced by various issues which include: controlling costs, provision of charity care, leadership and management issues, and training and certification issues among others. This discussion will focus on leadership problem in health care management; its extent and the impact, how often it is encountered, its negative consequences, who is affected, and its implications for the mission and vision of the healthcare organization experiencing leadership problems.
Leadership is a very crucial aspect of society, community, and organizations that have well defined values, mission, vision, and goals. According to Wooten et al (2006), health care systems have myriads of challenges and changes that often change the health care landscape. Therefore, there is need to have leadership which is based on expert knowledge and experience in order achieve accelerated development in the health care sector and eventually achieve the goals of the health care organizations. However, it is worth noting that health care management is facing the challenge of leadership and therefore unable to meet most of the organizational goals. Oftedahl & Ulstad (2009) observe that in most of the medical facilities the extent of poor leadership is worrying and its impacts far reached. They note that in most cases, in each specialty there is usually one leadership position. Often, the individuals promoted into management positions have technical skills but lack in leadership skills. This problem has been further complicated by the limited financial resources, shortage of staff, and scheduling issues hence leadership training among the health care managers is not a priority to most organization. There...