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Most Commonly Asked Questions About Board Committees

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Here are some of the questions that we as governance consultants hear most frequently about board committees.

Governance in Developing Systems: How Boards Add Value

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Great Boards talked further with author Casey Nolan, managing director of Navigant’s Healthcare Provider Strategy Practice, Washington, D.C., about how boards typically function and the challenges they are likely to face at each stage of development. Nolan also discussed what board members need to know to govern effectively and add value as their systems evolve.

Agenda for the Executive Compensation Committee: A Guide for Minimizing Regulatory and Reputational Risk

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This article outlines agenda items for the board’s Executive Compensation Committee. It is the first of several that will further explore many of the agenda items discussed below.

Nurses in the Boardroom

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A board member/trustee with a nursing background brings a unique voice to governance conversations focused on the Triple Aim. Nurses bring expertise in and valuable perspectives about community health, quality, safety, patient experience, workforce development, staff engagement and financial stewardship.

Physician's Impact on Patient Satisfaction

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Patient satisfaction scores are important metrics; they draw attention to the subjective experience of patients who received care from a hospital.

When Strategy Informs Structure: Successful Board Oversight of Physician Integration at Mercy Health

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The road to integration of hospitals and physicians has been a rocky one for many health care organizations. Failed attempts to integrate in the 1990s resulted from the realization that operating physician practices was very different from operating hospitals, leaving many health care providers wary of heading down the same road again.

Reaching for the Stars

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The highest-performing boards across the country share certain key characteristics that can be grouped into five categories - visionary, nimble, intentional, competency-based and objective.

7 Rules of Board Engagement

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For a hospital board to be effective, it must first be engaged. Specifically, board members must actively and productively participate in the work of governing. This is absolutely vital in today’s health care environment, which is full of volatility, uncertainty, complexity and ambiguity.

Shared Governance Imperative

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Just as the health industry continues to shift care delivery from a volume- to a value-based model, so too must the health care board evolve beyond its traditional fiduciary and core governance responsibilities to encompass a more strategic and global view. The success of this evolving model depends on shared governance—a stronger alignment and engagement among the board, physician leadership and management.

Cybersecurity and Hospitals: A Board Perspective

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Cybersecurity is an important issue for both the public and private sector. At a time when so many of our activities depend on information systems and technology, it is not surprising that, when we think about our organizations’ vulnerabilities, our information infrastructure must be high on the list.