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Independence through collaboration

Trustee talking points Collaboratives or alliances of neighboring health systems are an alternative to formal consolidation. They provide a way for systems to gain

Creating the Right Boardroom Conversations

Checklists
Establishing well-organized and consistent governance processes and procedures enables the board to be most productive, and ensures that its time is allocated to the most critical topics. Agendas should reflect the most important strategic issues and priorities, and make efficient use of trustees’ valuable and limited time; meetings should be designed to maximize trustees’ ability to engage in critical dialogue; and committees and task forces should be used to enable the board to focus time on high-level strategic discussion.

Revisiting Executive Incentive Compensation

Incentive compensation plans are intended to focus executives’ attention on their organizations’ most vital priorities and initiatives.

Eliminating Patient Harm

SNAPSHOT Hospitals that strive for high reliability aim to drive out the possibility of error and reject incremental improvements.

Affordability at the fore

Hospitals are dedicated to providing high-quality, affordable care.

Embracing civility

We’re four months away from the presidential election, and a lot of Americans are already worn down by the nastiness, name-calling and inanity.

The Power of Rural Alliances

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Nurses as hospitalists

Trustee talking points A growing number of small and rural hospitals, unable to recruit or afford physician hospitalists, are staffing their hospital medicine programs

Governance Leadership of Quality

Trustee Articles
A diagnostic tool and organization assessment can help boards address barriers to effective quality oversight.

The Education, Orientation and Evolution of the Governance Role at Catholic Health Initiatives

In today’s environment, it’s more important than ever that health care executives pay special attention to one of their most vital, strategic constituencies: board members.