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Sample Conflicts of Interest and Documentation Form
Board Policies
This Conflicts of Interest and Documentation Policy (“Policy”) applies to all directors and officers of ....
Understanding Quality Scorecards: A Primer for Boards
Trustee Articles
The number of public quality scorecards for hospitals has increased exponentially in recent years as consumers take more interest in getting the most value for their health care dollar.
Effective Governance in Systems
Trustee Articles
This publication discusses observations and trends about system development and identifies models of governance that are emerging as new organizations form and determine what it really means to become a system. It also reviews issues and obstacles that can arise as models of governance change and suggests steps boards can take to address them on the path toward more effective system governance.
Governance in High-Performing Health Systems: A Report on Trustee and CEO Views
Trustee Articles
This research report examines the structures, practices, and cultures of community health system boards and compares them to several benchmarks of good governance. Its conclusions and recommendations get down to straightforward practical measures that a hospital or health system board can implement. Among others, they include blueprints for evaluation of the board’s strategic and bread-and-butter performance, plus review of membership composition. Well-noted are recommendations for essential board development and attention to community benefits.
Challenges of System Governance
Trustee Articles
Today, slightly more than 50 percent of the nation’s hospitals identify themselves as being part of a health care system.
Systems come in all shapes and sizes. Some are large and comprise many hospitals across a wide region, including, among others, nursing homes, physician groups and insurance companies
Governance in Large Nonprofit Health Systems: Current Profile and Emerging Patterns
Trustee Articles
New research on board structures, practices and culture in large nonprofit systems provides insight into how boards and CEOs are addressing the challenges of change — and changing the way they govern in the process. This workbook explores several themes emerging from review of system documents and 71 on-site interviews with CEOs and senior board leaders in 14 of the country’s 15 largest nonprofit health care organizations.
System-Parent and Subsidiary Board Charter
Board and Committee Charters
A key governance design challenge in healthcare systems having multiple boards with parent-subsidiary relationships is specifying the most effective/efficient subdivision and coordination of respon
Innovation: A Playbook That Lets Boards, Leaders Achieve Health System Success
Trustee Articles
Innovation can fuel the organizational agility necessary to achieve breakthrough levels of value and performance in health care. This Workbook describes a four-step process that health system boards and leaders can use to develop a sustainable innovation capability. Drawing techniques and perspectives from health care and other fields, the approach facilitates organization-specific solutions.
The Trustee's Role in Advocacy: Telling Your Hospital Story
Trustee Articles
As community leaders, trustees are a powerful voice for their hospitals or health systems when it comes to advocacy. They can offer legislators “real life” insights and perspectives into the challenges facing patients and community members in the hospital’s service area, as well as how legislation and regulation will affect the women and men who work every day to fulfill their hospitals promise of help, hope and healing.
Crisis Management and Maintaining the Public Trust
Trustee Articles
Maintaining the public trust a hospital and its board can only be effective if they maintain the trust of those the organization serves. According to the Center for Healthcare Governance and the Health Research & Educational Trust’s Blue Ribbon Panel on health care governance, maintaining the public trust is the board’s most important responsibility."