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Active Board Succession

Trustee Articles
A decade ago, BoardSource, an organization supporting nonprofit boards, developed a well known list of aspirational principles of governance. For us they still ring true: “mission driven,” “ethos of transparency,” “compliance with integrity.”

Today's Provider-Sponsored Health Plans: What Boards Need to Know

Trustee Articles
With the recent rounds of health insurance company merger and acquisition activity, many hospital executives and their boards may be wondering if a provider-owned plan might make sense for them.

Deliberate Decision-making and the Effective Board

Trustee Articles
High performing boards learn how to make decisions at the right time using the right processes.

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?

Competency-Based Succession Planning

Trustee Articles
Even before the Enron scandal, which featured directors who didn’t understand the company’s complex financial transactions, and before the Sarbanes‐Oxley Act required publicly owned corporations to disclose whether their boards include directors with financial expertise, it should have been self‐evident that relevant knowledge and experience are prerequisites for effective governance.  

Successful discharge planning starts early

As the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services sharpens the sticks and sweetens the carrots to encourage health care providers to reduce avoidable readmissions, better discharge planning has b

Capital Project Success Depends on Strong Board Oversight

Trustee Articles
In 2003, Princeton HealthCare System initiated a highly participative and comprehensive long-range strategic planning process. Among the participants were trustees, donors, physicians, elected officials, influential community members, and patients and their families, as well as administrators and clinical and service staff members. 

Health Care Governance in Changing Times

To navigate the choppy waters ahead, hospital and health system boards need to develop a plan to reengage all trustees and renew CEO and board leadership collaboration.

Lessons from the Field: How Three AHA Member Health Systems Achieved Board Diversity

Effecting genuine change through executive leadership, board support, creativity and commitment can accelerate diversity efforts.

Recruiting for a Diverse Health Care Board

Adding diverse members to a hospital’s or health system’s board can change the board’s culture for the better.