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AHA issues guide on hospital-community partnerships

Population Health Helping hospitals create community partnerships A new guide from the American Hospital Association’s Hospitals in Pursuit of Excellence initiative hi

CEO Selection in a COVID-19 World

Though hospital and health system boards have always evaluated many factors when selecting a new executive leader, the coronavirus experience calls for considering other important elements.

Stewards of the Patient Experience: The Trustee’s Key Role

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The patient experience reflects the organization’s culture. The board must foster a culture that supports employees and providers to deliver the best possible experience time after time.

Getting the word out about hospitals

The way that health care is delivered across America is changing. Likewise, hospitals and health systems are redefining themselves to continue to meet the needs of their patients and communities.

Combes to Retire as CHG President in Fall

John Combes, M.D., president of the American Hospital Association’s Center for Healthcare Governance and the AHA’s chief medical officer and senior vice president, will retire in Octo

Strengthening Culture through Good Governance Practices

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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.

Filling your physician needs

A medical staff development plan identifies your community's needs for physicians. It establishes your hospital or health system's physician need and recruitment priorities.

Small City, Big Champions

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Recruiting board members is a challenge for every hospital and health system, but the task is particularly difficult in small communities. At Benefits Health System, Great Falls, Mont., our pool of candidates is largely limited to the city’s 60,000 residents, despite the fact that we are the tertiary referral center for a population of 250,000 across nearly 40,000 square miles of rural Montana.

Care and payment models: The right fit

Developing health care delivery and payment models to achieve the Triple Aim will be challenging.

Sample Committee Charter

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This is a sample committee charter: people and culture committee.