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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.

Boards can be safety champions

Trustee talking points Patient safety is essential for hospitals and health systems, and it should be a strategic priority. Boards need to be informed about and engaged i

Furthering Population Health Demands Diverse Governance

A board that guides the strategic direction of a health care system must have a keen sense of its business environment — the blend of market forces, financial realities and significant influe

Emerging Committee Effectiveness Practices

Trustee Articles
The best boards revisit their committee structures, responsibilities and information flow to ensure detailed oversight while devoting more time to strategic and policy issues.

Getting the Most From Millennials How to manage millennials

While it's never advisable to paint any group with a broad brush, certain generalizations do apply to different generations.

7 strategic drivers propel health systems to develop provider-sponsored plans

Health systems and other providers are increasingly developing their own health plans, many of which often include narrow networks.

Shining the Spotlight on Rural Health Care

Wherever you fit into health care — whatever kind of hospital or health system, ambulatory clinic, physician office, public health department, post-acute care provider or any other entit

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.

How to Improve the Patients ED Experience

One of the first — and sometimes only — place patients experience a hospital is the emergency department, where many first and lasting impressions are made.

Key Action Steps for the Compensation Committee

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As hospitals and health systems realign their strategic objectives, executive compensation programs must evolve to support the organization's mission. Your board's compensation committee should determine if corresponding actions or updates are necessary.