Translating clinical leadership into quality improvement

The presence and/or absence of effective leaders in health care can have a stark consequence on the quality and outcomes of care. The delivery of safe, quality, compassionate health care is dependent on having effective clinical leaders at the frontline. This article in the Journal of Healthcare Leadership explores some ways of translating clinical leadership into health care quality improvement. This is achieved by exploring what is clinical leadership and why and how this is important to health care quality improvement, clinical leadership, and a duty of candor.  The article also discusses the importance of clinical leadership in the provision of quality care improvement and outcomes.

McSherry R, Pearce P. (2016). What are the effective ways to translate clinical leadership into health care quality improvement? Journal of Healthcare Leadership, 2016(8), 11-17. 

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