How are these core competencies of the featured leaders similar and different?

Explain the roles and functions of healthcare managers and leaders in direct and nondirect service healthcare settings.

Select one individual from a direct care setting and one individual from a nondirect setting in either the Welcome to Waldenville or the Good Samaritan Hospital’s Organization Chart—Week 1 media, and describe their core competencies.

How are these core competencies of the featured leaders similar and different?

In which setting would you prefer to work, and why?

Direct care settings [noun]

“Those organizations that provide care directly to a patient, resident or client who seeks services from the organization” (Buchbinder & Thompson, 2010, pp. 33–34).

Non–direct care settings [noun]

Organizations “not directly involved in providing care to persons needing health services, but rather support the care of individuals through products and services made available to direct care settings” (Buchbinder & Shanks, 2019, pp. 1–2).

References:

Buchbinder, S. B., & Shanks, N. H. (2017). Introduction to health care management (3rd ed.). Sudbury, MA: Jones & Bartlett.

Chapter 1, “An Overview of Health Care Management” (pp. 1–22)

Healthcare management provides leadership and direction to organizations that deliver personal health services in a variety of settings. In this chapter, you will begin to look at the essential functions, roles, responsibilities, and competencies of healthcare management professionals.

Chapter 2, “Leadership” (pp. 23–48)

This chapter distinguishes between the terms leadership and management, summarizes the history of healthcare leadership, and provides insights into healthcare trends of the present and future. Additionally, the chapter analyzes barriers and challenges of successful healthcare leadership.