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Understanding the Physician-Hospital Relationship

What boards should know about building relationships between valued physicians and hospitals and health systems.

Accelerating Progress Through Leadership Integration

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Sustainable change requires a strategy to align improvement efforts and act on the interdependencies of four performance domains.

Empowering a Healthy Culture

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Boards need to assess troubled areas in their organizations, set goals for improving the culture, and hold leaders accountable for change.

Effective CEO Performance Evaluation

Following key strategies for effective CEO performance appraisals are essential to the health care board’s role.

Taking Responsibility for Transitions at the Top

Succession planning is a high-stakes governance responsibility. The significant costs of protracted CEO searches and failed replacements are well-documented. Yet, data from the for-profit and nonprofit sectors continue to show that many boards aren’t focusing enough attention on succession planning or on getting it right.

Succession Planning

Penny Wheeler, M.D., was barely into her tenure as CEO of Allina Health and fresh from a transition period earlier this year with retiring CEO Kenneth Paulus when the topic turned to who might repl

Succession planning: An investment in leadership continuity and success

Ensuring that an organization has consistent and effective leadership at the top is a principal board responsibility.

High-performance succession planning

One thing that we all know is certain is change. Hospitals and health systems are adapting delivery models and strategies to remain viable for their communities.

Avoiding Common Pitfalls in Succession Planning

The health care industry faces a combination of challenges that will affect every hospital and health system.

Total cost of care: Key considerations

Hospitals and health systems are continuously striving to reduce costs and improve the efficiency of care. It is useful to consider the impact of measuring the “total cost of care” on hospitals and health systems, as well as contemplate what steps health care leaders need to take.