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Podcasts

Trustee podcasts from the AHA.

Demystifying and Optimizing the Executive Session

The executive session provides an important venue for maintaining board independence and protecting confidentiality as the governing body carries out its fiduciary duties.

Strategic Resource Allocation

Trustee Articles
Almost all hospitals face the issue of not having enough money to accomplish everything they would like to. So how does the board pick among winning ideas when it can’t afford them all? The resources needed to support operations and implement strategic initiatives can far surpass those available.

Increase the Financial Impact of Philanthropy

Trustee Articles
The strategic use of organizational dollars has become a regular topic around the governing board table. However, within this conversation, one potential source of revenue is often overlooked or utilized in a less strategic manner: charitable giving.

Position Description for a Health System or Hospital Board Member

Position Descriptions
The board has three legal duties: a duty of obedience to the charitable purpose of the organization, a duty of loyalty, to act based on best interests of the organization, and a duty of care. The role of the board is to govern, not manage, the organization.

Managing Capital Project Risks in a Challenging Environment

Trustee Articles
This monograph discusses today’s market environment, current capital market perspective and related risks, and then outlines a project management approach and questions that must be addressed to help board members and executives more effectively manage capital project risks while achieving organizational strategies and goals.

Current High-Performance Governance Practices

Board Checklists
For boards to participate in shaping their new organization, they must be currently performing at an extremely high level. The following is a list of four practices that hospital and health system boards must be engaged in today, in order to be successful in the future.

Getting Nurses on Board(s)

Why health care organizations should consider adding nurses to their boards.