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Systematic and Shared Accountability: Immersing Transformation Action Planner
Action Planning is a critical step in collectively advancing equity and dismantling structural barriers (e.g., racism, sexism, ageism, etc.) in hospitals and health care systems. This Transformation Action Planner is for hospitals at Immersing on the Systematic and Shared Accountability continuum.
Systematic and Shared Accountability: Committing Transformation Action Planner
Action Planning is a critical step in collectively advancing equity and dismantling structural barriers (e.g., racism, sexism, ageism, etc.) in hospitals and health care systems. This Transformation Action Planner is for hospitals at Committing on the Systematic and Shared Accountability continuum.
Presentation: The Cost of Caring
Hospitals and health systems work hard every day to provide great care in the most cost ef
Dynamic Ventilator Reserve
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The Dynamic Ventilator Reserve is a public-private partnership between the American Hospital Association, the federal government and leading group purchasing organizations. This program brings together health systems from across the country to contribute a portion of their ventilator fleets to share with hospitals experiencing shortages.
Copyright Permissions to Reproduce AHA Web Content or Other Publications
The Resource Center manages the copyright permission process for American Hospital Association publications and web content.
Board's Role in Managing a Crisis
Trustee Articles
The hospital's board chair picks up the phone in his office at TriState Bank headquarters. The CEO’s voice on the other end of the line is stark and serious. “The medical executive committee just gave me a unanimous no confidence vote,” he says. “They’re complaining about closed communications and aloofness. And the Gazette called and wants to talk about my compensation."
Partners for Public Health
Trustee Articles
Our understanding of effective governance in hospitals and health systems is growing. Several recent studies find that meeting certain benchmarks for board structure, composition, culture and evaluation practices has become a basic governance responsibility. These studies also call for heightened board engagement in governance oversight responsibilities.
Helping Boards Achieve and Demonstrate Accountability
Trustee Articles
With health reform comes increased demand for transparency about organizational performance and accountability. While most hospital and health system senior leaders realize this, board members, surprisingly, may not. As such, boards must have a clear understanding of their accountability to the organization’s stakeholders in order to govern effectively.
The Trustee's Role in Advocacy: Telling Your Hospital Story
Trustee Articles
As community leaders, trustees are a powerful voice for their hospitals or health systems when it comes to advocacy. They can offer legislators “real life” insights and perspectives into the challenges facing patients and community members in the hospital’s service area, as well as how legislation and regulation will affect the women and men who work every day to fulfill their hospitals promise of help, hope and healing.