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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.
Governance Improvement Practical Technique: Post-Board Meeting "Mini" Evaluations
Evaluations and Assessments
To maintain the momentum of continuous governance improvement, many "best practices" boards institute regular mini-evaluations of board meetings. Here, each board meeting concludes with every board member anonymously completing a brief evaluation form of how the board planned for and used its time during the meeting.
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
Strengthening Culture through Good Governance Practices
Trustee Articles
For effective cultural stewardship, boards need to promote behavioral expectations for patient care
and make sure that espoused values and norms are respected throughout the organization.
Applying Lean Principles to Board Work
Trustee Articles
Health care is ripe for change. The evidence is all around us. A majority of health care leaders recently surveyed said hospitals and health systems are most in need of disruptive innovation (New England Journal of Medicine Catalyst, February 16, 2017). Consumers are taking charge of their own health and seeking providers that deliver high-quality, affordable and accessible care in ways they have come to expect from their favorite retailers. And disrupters from within and outside of health care are joining forces and competing with traditional health care organizations to give consumers what they are looking for.
Evaluating New Strategic Projects
Trustee Articles
Securing board approval for a major new project can be a long and tricky process when the CEO proposing it isn’t sure which criteria trustees will use, and the board is equally uncertain what the yardsticks ought to be.
At Adirondack Medical Center in Saranac Lake, N.Y., President and CEO Chandler Ralph asked her board to write down and agree on project evaluation criteria. In a two-hour workshop, trustees came up with 14 points that they now apply to every decision about whether to implement a new program.
AHA President to Retire in 2015
American Hospital Association president and CEO Rich Umbdenstock announced that he will retire at the end of this year.
AHA announces promotions in DC office
The AHA in September announced several promotions in its Washington, D.C., office.
AHA appoints new members to board
The American Hospital Association board of trustees has elected eight members to serve three-year terms on the board beginning Jan. 1.