CLIENT OUTCOMES 1
Leadership Practice Developments to Improve Patient and Client Outcomes
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, LEADERSHIP PRACTICE DEVELOPMENTS TO IMPROVE PATIENT AND CLIENT
OUTCOMES 2
INTRODUCTION
Effective leadership practices have become critically essential in the
increasing challenge of improving patient and client outcomes. Effective healthcare
providers ensure that the facility constantly has sufficient staff and resources to
attain the desired patient outcomes and sustain optimal quality of care delivery. The
current status of digitalization has significantly improved the situation of the
healthcare industry. Some types of treatment options such as vaccines that were
deemed impossible decades ago are currently a normalcy in the healthcare
fraternity. Patients can now access their diagnostic test results in hours when
previously, such procedures would have taken days to weeks. The invention of state-
or-the-art machines has decreased the number of deaths from simple and complex
surgeries. The achievements of the current global movement to improve healthcare
provision cannot be critically addressed without mentioning how nurses have played
a significant role in ensuring the attainment of the objective. They have vital
responsibilities in improving patient satisfaction by providing seamless synchronized
care to improve primary care.
However, a need to alter the way in which nurses care for patients in active
pursuit of sustaining the changing demand of the ever-increasing patient population.
For instance, the UK has experienced a growing elderly population in the past
decades, thereby forecasting a significant change in the demand and supply for
healthcare equipment, medication options and services. Moreover, the demand for a
reduction in the waiting time for patients before they are seen by a physician has
sparked a critical conversation surrounding the significance of virtual clinics.
Furthermore, there has been a serious lapse in chronic care management (CCM) in
the healthcare delivery system especially since the introduction of the novel
Coronavirus into the medical scene. Notwithstanding, the primary objective of any
healthcare delivery system is to ensure constant improvement in patient and client
outcomes in all dimensions of care delivery. The aforementioned laxities call for a
solemn change in leadership practices to ascertain the achievement of the objective.
Therefore, this paper will critique and analyze some definite examples of leadership