Can Doctors Effectively Lead a Healthcare Organisation?

What do you value more in a leader in a healthcare organisation? Clinical or administrative expertise or is it crucial to have both? Doctors or Physicians have the clinical knowledge and the credibility with the workforce but may lack organisational and financial expertise. Many large healthcare organisations say the key to success is by making the both clinical and non-clinical leaders collaborate. In this leadership survey, participants valued interpersonal skills as the top attribute crucial for success in leading a healthcare organisation.

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