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Rediscovering Philanthropy: A Fresh Look at a Traditional Revenue Source
Trustee Articles
As stewards of their hospital or health care system’s advancement, board members should be both highly vested in the organization’s work as well as invested in its mission.
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.
An overlooked source of risk: Culture
Directors and trustees serving health care organizations, whether investor-owned or nonprofit, bear responsibility for their organization’s corporate culture and, with that, enormous ris
Expanding the reach of palliative care
When Alexander Gamble, M.D., was hired to develop a palliative medicine program at Phelps County Regional Medical Center in south-central Missouri, he expected it would take some time to persuade p
How to Put Your Strategic Plan to Work
The board’s foremost responsibility is to own the organization’s mission and vision and ensure a consistent focus on the strategic path to achieve them.
How to preserve a legacy of service
In today's environment of change and transformation, some nonprofit hospitals and health systems are considering the possibility of selling to for-profit providers.
Why Your Hospital Should Ditch Its IT System
Snapshot Complaints about poorly performing IT systems are valid.
CEO succession as a strategic imperative
A health care organization’s strategic planning involves the board in a number of important activities. But how many boards have considered CEO succession planning to be one of them?
History repeats. Sort of.
Merriam-Webster offers one definition of revolution as “a sudden, extreme, or complete change in the way people live, work, etc.” That sounds pretty darn close to what hospital and he
Bringing millennials on board
As hospitals and health systems assess how they can attract and retain millennials in their operations, hospital boards are asking the same question.