title: Textbook executive. The skills and knowledge that all healthcare execs need to master can now be found in one big directory.
abstract: What makes a good healthcare executive? According to the Health Leadership Alliance--a coalition of healthcare management, IT and nurse organizations--certain skills and knowledge are prerequisites for executive-wannabes. Pamela Thompson, left, CEO of the American Organization of Nurse Executives, says a full directory of those skills, recently compiled by the alliance, reflects the "current needs of healthcare.
authors.forename: Melanie
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Evans
mesh_terms: D016542:Chief Executive Officers, Hospital / Q000193:education* / Q000592:standards; D003406:Credentialing; D007857:Leadership; D011361:Professional Competence; D012013:Reference Books; D012952:Societies; D014481:United States