Cover: Medical Leadership in an Increasingly Complex World

Medical Leadership in an Increasingly Complex World

Published in: JAMA, The Journal of the American Medical Association, Commentary, v. 304, no. 4, July 28, 2010, p. 465-466

Posted on RAND.org on January 01, 2010

by Robert H. Brook

The author argues that it is time to expand the notion of medical leadership and demand that leaders be accountable for explaining how their leadership is focused on improving health, reducing its variation, and doing so in an affordable way.

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