About Leadership in Health Services
Aims and scope
Leadership in Health Service (LHS) publishes:
- Practical, results-focused research articles which frame contemporary leadership theory in the context of a rapidly changing health care environment that strains current practices.
- Applied case studies which identify and analyze common problems and provide best practice solutions
- In-depth reviews of leadership initiatives and research that challenge traditional health service paradigms.
LHS covers, but is not limited to the following topics:
- New models of clinical and social care leadership
- Strategic management within healthcare organizations (incl. crisis management)
- Improving patient care and services through effective management practices and supported self-care leadership
- Leadership learning, training and development (incl. personal leadership and performance accountability)
- Mentoring, coaching and succession planning
- Resourcing / resource constraints
- Public health challenges and community health programmes
- Collaboration - communication strategies and multidisciplinary teams
- Integrated care pathways
- Patient expectations / the patient as leader in personal health management
- Ethics
- Technology
Testimonial
“LHS fills an important gap in the leadership literature for healthcare managers, policy-makers and students. LHS consistently publishes informative articles, commentaries and reviews on a wide range of contemporary issues in health care leadership. The scope of the journal is unique.”
- Victor Maddalena, PhD, Assistant Professor, Health Policy, Faculty of Medicine, Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada
