Usman Khan, Ph.D, is a health policy and management professional with over 30 years' executive level experience within the public, private and not-for-profit sectors. The former Executive Director of the European Health Management Association and European Patients Forum, he is currently Visiting Professor in Health Policy and Management at the University of Leuven, Belgium and a Senior Advisor at FIPRA International and the Good Governance Institute.Federico Lega, Ph.D, is Full Professor of Health Policy, Management and Economics at Milan University, Italy and Director of the Research Center in Health Administration (HEAD). He is also Editor-in-Chief of the journal Health Services Management Research, Associate Editor of BMC HSR and MCRR, and has published ten books and over 150 journal articles. Former president and current board member of the European Health Management Association, he advises and trains executives of health authorities and organizations.

• Chapter 1. IntroductionChapter 2. Health systems in transitionChapter 3. Health organizations in transitionChapter 4. Health management in transitionChapter 5. Health leadership in transitionChapter 6. Reflections

Usman Khan, Ph.D, is a health policy and management professional with over 30 years' executive level experience within the public, private and not-for-profit sectors. The former Executive Director of the European Health Management Association and European Patients Forum, he is currently Visiting Professor in Health Policy and Management at the University of Leuven, Belgium and a Senior Advisor at FIPRA International and the Good Governance Institute.Federico Lega, Ph.D, is Full Professor of Health Policy, Management and Economics at Milan University, Italy and Director of the Research Center in Health Administration (HEAD). He is also Editor-in-Chief of the journal Health Services Management Research, Associate Editor of BMC HSR and MCRR, and has published ten books and over 150 journal articles. Former president and current board member of the European Health Management Association, he advises and trains executives of health authorities and organizations.

• Chapter 1. IntroductionChapter 2. Health systems in transitionChapter 3. Health organizations in transitionChapter 4. Health management in transitionChapter 5. Health leadership in transitionChapter 6. Reflections

Usman Khan, Ph.D, is a health policy and management professional with over 30 years' executive level experience within the public, private and not-for-profit sectors. The former Executive Director of the European Health Management Association and European Patients Forum, he is currently Visiting Professor in Health Policy and Management at the University of Leuven, Belgium and a Senior Advisor at FIPRA International and the Good Governance Institute.Federico Lega, Ph.D, is Full Professor of Health Policy, Management and Economics at Milan University, Italy and Director of the Research Center in Health Administration (HEAD). He is also Editor-in-Chief of the journal Health Services Management Research, Associate Editor of BMC HSR and MCRR, and has published ten books and over 150 journal articles. Former president and current board member of the European Health Management Association, he advises and trains executives of health authorities and organizations.

• Chapter 1. IntroductionChapter 2. Health systems in transitionChapter 3. Health organizations in transitionChapter 4. Health management in transitionChapter 5. Health leadership in transitionChapter 6. Reflections