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. 2013;10(Winter):1c.
Epub 2013 Jan 1.

Leading by design

Elizabeth Forrestal  1
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Leading by design

Elizabeth Forrestal. Perspect Health Inf Manag. 2013.

Abstract

Leaders have the responsibility to develop leadership in their departmental members. Leadership capacity is needed so that health information professionals will be able to successfully respond to the constant changes in the healthcare environment. This article demonstrates how leadership can be modeled and developed through the redesign of jobs in departments of health information services.

Keywords: health facility administrators; job description; leadership; organizational innovation.

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