Question

Using the search function from the Library, conduct a Subject Search to do a preliminary search on a health industry topic of your choice (e.g., public health, disease, quality of care, healthcare leadership). Choose a topic that is appropriate for your future career.

Select a scholarly article from the search results that interests you.

After briefly reading the article, identify the Problem, Patient/Population, Action, Alternative Action, Result, and Evidence (PPAARE) of the research. Share your results with your peers in the form of a Web video. Post your link to the main post. If you cannot provide a Web video, please type out your response.

Answer 1

Sagaren Govender, Cecile N Gerwel Proches, and Abdulla Kader, "Examining leadership as a strategy to enhance health care service delivery in regional hospitals in South Africa", Journal of Multidisciplinary Healthcare, doi: 10.2147/JMDH.S151534

Four public hospitals in South Africa, which render both specialized and nonspecialized services to thousands of patients, were examined to determine the impact of leadership on health care service delivery. These hospitals were inundated by various problems that were impacting negatively on health care service delivery.

Purpose

This research study aimed to gain a comprehensive understanding of the challenges, complexities, and constraints facing public health care in KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) and to examine leadership as a strategy to enhance healthcare service delivery with a particular focus on four regional hospitals in the KZN Province.

Methods

The mixed-method research approach was utilized. Purposive sampling and stratified random sampling were employed in the research setting, and in-depth, semistructured interviews and questionnaires were used to collect data. Data were analyzed using the Nvivo computer software package for in-depth interviews and the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) software for the quantitative analysis.

Results

The research findings showed that the current leadership framework adopted by the health care leaders in regional hospitals in KZN is weak and is contributing to poor health care service delivery.

Conclusion

This study, therefore, aimed to address the current challenges and weaknesses that are impacting negatively on health care service delivery in regional hospitals in the KZN Province and made recommendations for improvement.