A Prescription for Caring in Healthcare Leadership: Building a Culture of Compassion and Excellence

Lead with caring to transform healthcare.
Build a thriving culture by caring for the caregivers.
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In A Prescription for Caring in Healthcare Leadership: Building a Culture of Compassion and Excellence, Dr. Joshua D. Hartzell shares over 20 years of leadership experience and insights from 17 leaders to show how caring-inspired leadership can improve well-being, morale, and patient outcomes.

In this book, you will discover how to:

  • Lead with caring and reconnect healthcare providers to their purpose
  • Prioritize self-care and team well-being
  • Set high standards and give compassionate feedback
  • Delegate effectively to foster professional growth
  • Invest in the careers and lives of those you lead
  • Recognize your team to boost morale and create a positive culture

A Prescription for Caring in Healthcare Leadership provides evidence-based strategies to transform your leadership approach.

“A great reference for healthcare leaders who are looking for specific ways to show more care to patients and employees alike!”
— Heather R Younger, J.D., best-selling author of 
The Art of Caring Leadership

“This timely, extraordinary work is a must-read for leaders. Study it, take it to heart, and put its lessons into practice.”
— Jim Kouzes, coauthor of 
The Leadership Challenge

“An interesting and persuasive roadmap for success in any profession.”
— General (Retired) Martin E. Dempsey, 18th Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff

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Joshua Hartzell, MD, MS-HPEd

Joshua D. Hartzell, MD, MS-HPEd, FACP, FIDSA is a retired Army Colonel who spent 25 years in military medicine.

Dr. Hartzell has held numerous leadership positions throughout his career including being Program Director for the Internal Medicine Residency and Assistant Chief of Graduate Medical Education at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center and Assistant Dean for Faculty Development at the Uniformed Services University. He deployed as a Battalion Surgeon with the 82nd Airborne division to Afghanistan.

Dr. Hartzell is also faculty at the MGH Institute of Health Professions where he teaches leadership development. A practicing Internal Medicine and Infectious Diseases Physician, he has devoted the last decade to developing leaders training and teaching thousands of students, residents, and faculty within healthcare.

Dr. Hartzell has delivered over 100 talks on leadership development and has written numerous papers on the topic. He combines his years of boots-on-the-ground leading in medicine with his research to teach other leaders practical strategies about how to sharpen their leadership skills.

Dr. Hartzell is a sought-after speaker and coach on leadership development who brings the leadership lessons he has learned throughout his career to readers in this book.

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