Managing Tele-Health Virtual Teams: “Making The Move: From Bedside To Camera-Side"

The twenty first century world is often termed as global village. Over time, developments in Information and Communication Technology (ICT) have brought a revolution in the way services are delivered across globe, making it more effective, cost efficient, and accessible (Khalid, Akba, Tanwani, Tariq, & Farooq, 2008). Healthcare is no exception to this. In last few years, Tele-health has served above measures very well in the healthcare domain.

The position to my paper is that the framework of characteristics i.e. environmental, social and leadership are of key importance in managing Tele-health virtual teams. Therefore, it is essential for Tele-health leaders and team members to work with collaboration, and implement second order change to make the experience meaningful and to overcome challenges. The purpose of this paper is to share my personal experience which drives me to write on the topic of “Managing Tele-health Virtual Teams”, highlight challenges faced by virtual team leaders in health care domain, incorporate environmental, social, and leadership characteristics that are required to manage Tele-health virtual teams with literature support, discuss the need of second order change in managing virtual teams, and recommend strategies to increase efficacy and productivity in leading health care virtual teams effectively.