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Navigating successful health system integration

The decision to align with another health care organization is among the most important, if not the most important, undertakings for a hospital board.

Employee health plans give hospitals a training ground

Hospitals and health systems have the ability to shape more effective health care through choices they make about managing their own employee health plans.

Priorities for a Hospital Board Chair

It is hard to imagine an industry more turbulent than health care or a position more demanding than hospital board chair.

Challenging Deeply Held Beliefs That Stymie Hospital Boards

Deeply held beliefs can blind boards to the true nature of change. It’s time to challenge the orthodoxies.

Three Essential Elements of a Disaster Communication Plan

Disaster planning is a widely accepted duty of both hospital management and boards of directors.

Provider-sponsored health plans: Are you ready to take on (more) risk?

Trustee talking points Provider-sponsored health plans offer a good way for hospitals and health systems to take on risk as they move toward value-base care.

Taking Responsibility for Transitions at the Top

Succession planning is a high-stakes governance responsibility. The significant costs of protracted CEO searches and failed replacements are well-documented.

Effective CEO Performance Evaluation

Following key strategies for effective CEO performance appraisals are essential to the health care board’s role.

Hospital, Health System Boards Need to Find Partners for Community Health

As health care organizations and clinicians join together to address a broader spectrum of health needs, more attention is being focused on how to improve both individual and community health.

Your Next CEO

Competition, finance reform and the ever-changing demands of the marketplace have put increased pressure on hospital boards to contemplate an important question: What kind of CEO will be most suc