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Recruiting for a Diverse Health Care Board

Adding diverse members to a hospital’s or health system’s board can change the board’s culture for the better.

Trustee Insights Archive Editions

Trustee Insights I Archive includes previous editions of the AHA’s enhanced digital resource for hospital and health system boards and leadership. This robust ­monthly digital package includes insights and analysis on the changing dynamics in the health care field and what they mean for boards, as well as other rich resources to help achieve high-performing governance.

Someone to Lean On

Trustee Articles
Health care CEOs may need a little help. How about hiring a chief of staff?

Regionalization and Systemization in Philanthropy

Trustee Articles
The health care field is changing. Hospitals are partnering with other health care providers and experimenting with new ways to create centers for excellence, as well as better integrate care within the community. By finding non-traditional ways to move care into communities, hospitals become more accountable and patients can experience improved wellness, expanded services and access to even better quality care. These activities can also involve mergers and acquisitions. These changes can affect areas of the organization responsible for advancing philanthropy.

Selecting a Foundation Board Dream Team

Trustee Articles
Boards must proactively define the qualities of an ideal board member and select based upon those competencies, expertise, experience, behaviors and circles of influence—and within the context of the foundation’s priorities, strategy, opportunities and challenges. The foundation governance committee champions the identification and screening of proposed members.

Sample Performance Standards for Evaluating Annual Incentive Plans

Evaluations and Assessments
As health care organizations face a number of emerging challenges, the compensation committee of the not-for- profit hospital and health system board is well served to review and update the executive compensation program periodically.

Quality, Safety and Regulatory Requirements: Practical Recommendations for the Hospital Board

This webinar, hosted by the AHA’s Trustee Services, provides practical recommendations for boards to meet the quality and patient safety requirements as defined by regulatory bodies and accrediting organizations.

System Board Quality Committee Guidelines

Trustee Articles
The Hospital System Board of Trustees Quality Committee shall meet quarterly in order to provide: Visibility and focus for the organization’s commitment to the delivery of high quality medical care; Oversight of quality and performance improvement initiatives across the Hospital System.

Getting Nurses on Board(s)

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

Leadership Matters: Role of Governance in Quality and Safety

This webinar focuses on quality and patient safety, specifically on the importance of board involvement.