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New Book! - Based on Interviews with 10 Transformational Healthcare Leaders

The Heart of Leadership: Inspiration and Practical Guidance for Transforming Your Health Care Organization

Heart of Leadership Model - Characteristics of Transformational Leaders

AHA Press Co-author: Jack Gilbert

September 2010

Healthcare Executive July/August 2011

Leaders' Role in Patient Experience

 

Lanern Vol 7 February 2012

Patient and Family Experience - Putting the Puzzle Together: Lessons from the Field

 

Lantern Vol 6 April 2010

How do they do that? The Heart of Leadership

 

Patient Experience - What Exemplars Do

Achieving an Exceptional Patient and Family Experience of Inpatient Hospital Care; IHI Innovation Series White Paper

Balik B, Conway J, Zipperer L, Watson J. Achieving an Exceptional Patient and Family Experience of Inpatient Hospital Care. IHI Innovation Series white paper. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Institute for Healthcare Improvement; 2011.

 

HHN Magazine online site, August 23, 2010

A Beautiful Lie: Are health care leaders as averse to risk as they think?

Jack Gilbert and Barbara Balik

 

Lantern Vol 5 July 2010

The Power of One & EHR Implementation

EHR design, build and validation - Standard vs. Adaptive

‘Change management’ and ‘Clinical adoption’ - Standard vs. Adaptive

 

Leadership Resources - a Select List

Leadership Resources

 

Lantern Vol 4 May 2010

Standard vs. Adaptive Approach to Electronic Health Record Implementation

 

National Patient Safety Foundation - Focus Vol 1 April 2010

10 Years After To Err Is Human: Are We Listening to Patients and Families Yet? by Balik and Dopkiss

 

Lantern Vol 3 November 2009

Lessons in Leadership: Learning from the Best

 

Lantern Vol 2 December 2008

Electronic Health Record Implementation: A Better Way

 

Lantern Vol 1 June 2008 

Evidence-based leadership for healthcare results

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I enjoy hearing from colleagues.  Please contact me:

Barbara Balik, RN, EdD
6008 Buffalo Grass Court NE
Albuquerque, NM 87111
505.797.8933


barbara@thecommonfire.com