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The Leadership Audit
Evaluations and Assessments
To understand how the organization really functions on a day-to-day basis, boards need to gauge the hospital’s work life and its efficacy. Board responsibilities include: (a) understanding the hospital’s operating model and whether it actually performs in that mode, how critical decisions are made, and the hospital’s ability to recognize its own problems and “self-correct”; and (b) ensuring that it happens.
The Board's Role in a Changing Health Care Environment Video Series
Videos
This series of brief videos and accompanying board discussion questions features prominent health care governance experts offering advice on key issues that boards need to address in this rapidly changing health care environment.
Evidence-Based Approaches Make Succession Planning More Intentional and Effective
Proper hiring of people at all levels needs to be done with a focus on succession planning. Hiring should not be done in a vacuum and must weigh the short- and long-term departmental and broader organizational needs. Leaders need to surround themselves with others whose skills complement their own.
Board chair coaching process
Discussion Questions & Templates
A good coach focuses on what the board chair wants to accomplish and designs a coaching process based on how the board chair experiences the role; on assessment of individual strengths and weaknesses; and on identifying and addressing blind spots. Each coaching process should be customized to meet the board chair’s individual needs and goals.
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.
Leadership Matters: Role of Governance in Quality and Safety
This webinar focuses on quality and patient safety, specifically on the importance of board involvement.
Safety and the Road to COVID-19 Recovery: The Role of the Board
As hospitals and health systems across the country begin and continue the “recovery” process during the COVID-19 outbreak, the AHA is keeping you updated with the latest information and resources. An important area to address is the role of governing boards as hospitals and health systems resume delivering comprehensive health care services.
Assessing Overall Board Effectiveness: Key Elements for Success to Consider
Investing time now in evaluating and enhancing board effectiveness can accelerate organizational results for years to come.
11 Principles for Health System Governance
A WellSpan Health task force developed meaningful principles that signaled a changed approach to governance at the health system.