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