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Physician Organizations Should Drive Quality

A strong, consistent governance and leadership focus on doing what’s best for patients and communities is positioning physician organizations as significant drivers of improved quality and financia

How to Create an Effective Foundation Board Meeting

Trustee Articles
As a board leader, you can help position your organization to recapture that original enthusiasm and to strengthen the personal connection with members. It starts by taking a hard look at the content and structure of meetings.

The AHAs Advocacy Agenda and Trustees

A new year and a new Congress always bring new challenges and opportunities.

Aligning Governance and Business Models to Achieve the Best Fit

Trustee Articles
The traditional acute-care hospital is becoming just one of the entities within a larger system that probably includes primary and specialty care clinics, ambulatory care sites, behavioral health care and post-acute care. In addition, the systems may be employing physicians, developing robust philanthropic organizations, developing entrepreneurial businesses, conducting research and offering medical education.

Six Ways a Trustee Can Help Create an Ideal Culture

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What is the board’s role in shaping culture? Several health care leaders offer advice that reflects the diversity of their experiences.

Recruiting rural executives

Rural hospitals and health systems often face a leadership Catch-22: They need strong leaders to overcome the well-documented challenges facing rural health care — limited resources and dwind

Adhering to Board Duties in an Affiliation Transaction

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By Thomas M. Fahey, Partner, Nixon Peabody

Top 10 Trends for 2019

Trustee Articles
Consumerism, personalized medicine, digital technology and artificial intelligence are fundamentally changing the way health care is purchased, delivered and organized.

Value of Governance

Trustee Articles
A 2012 study of Governance Practices in an Era of Health Care Transformation conducted by AHA’s Center for Healthcare Governance found that work to create greater value is where hospitals and syste

Umbdenstock Reflects on Tenure With AHA, Shares Insight for Industrys Future

After 40 years in health care, eight as top executive at the American Hospital Association, RICH UMBDENSTOCK, 65, concluded his career at the end of August.