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Addressing Violence in the Hospital Community
Jim Leonard, M.D., is president and CEO of Carle Health based in Urbana, Ill., connects the dots for boards addressing violence in hospitals.
Purchaser Pressure: The Emerging Role of Employers in Driving Value in Healthcare
Trustee Articles
As medical costs consume an ever increasing share of businesses’ profits, self-funded employers and public purchasers of health insurance are becoming more aggressive than ever before in direct contracting with providers.
Boardroom Brief: How Boards Contribute to a Safe Workplace and Community
This brief intends to raise awareness about violence as a public health issue and provides resources for boards to work with hospital and health system leaders to build safer workplaces and communities.
Understanding Affordability and Value in Health Care
Trustee Articles
Affordability is one of the most important challenges influencing Americans’ ability to access health care. However, no single, agreed-upon definition of health care affordability exists because it is influenced by many complex factors.
Effective Governance of Health Systems
Governing a health system is different than governing a stand-alone hospital. All health system boards oversee and attempt to integrate different businesses regardless of the type of system they govern.
Nurse as CEO: A unique fit
On her first day of work in September at Florida’s Memorial Hospital Miramar, Grisel Fernandez-Bravo, R.N., was given a hospital ID badge displaying her new title: chief executive officer
American Hospital Association Names Pollack President, CEO
Rick Pollack will become the American Hospital Association’s 11th president and CEO in September, the association’s board of trustees announced at the AHA Annual Membership
Leadership Advice from Retiring Sentara CEO David Bernd
David Bernd, CEO, Sentara Healthcare, Norfolk, Va., has led Sentara Healthcare for more than 20 years during which time the system achieved significant volume growth and won national quality awards
Leadership Assessment and Competencies
As hospitals and health systems evolve to meet changing reimbursement and delivery system demands, so too must the organization’s leadership.
Leadership skills for the new health care era
The headline on this month’s cover story can be taken in a couple of ways, but there’s one important way you as a board member should not tak