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Leadership Assessment and Competencies

As hospitals and health systems evolve to meet changing reimbursement and delivery system demands, so too must the organization’s leadership.

How trustees can improve alignment by overseeing physician compensation

Relationships between health systems and physicians have undergone significant change in recent years as the health care field transforms into a value-based system of quality, patient satisfaction

Preventing Federal Violations in Physician Arrangements

Health care organizations face a great deal of regulatory risk in physician-hospital contracts, billing issues, quality and privacy.

Nurses as hospitalists

Trustee talking points A growing number of small and rural hospitals, unable to recruit or afford physician hospitalists, are staffing their hospital medicine programs

Strategic planning: Physicians needed

In the era of value-based purchasing, including physicians in the development of strategy has never been more crucial.

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.

Refocusing Clinical Workforce on Moments that Matter

The clinical workforce shortage is one of the most pressing problems in health care. Bold actions now are necessary to mitigate the challenge, and boards have a critical role to play in overseeing change. By giving clinicians the support they need to work with purpose and passion, health systems can build clinical capacity for today — and tomorrow.

Priorities for todays nurse leader

Maureen Swick, R.N., took the helm as chief nursing officer of the American Hospital Association and CEO of the American Organization of Nurse Executives last summer.

Case study: Wisconsin hospital embraces NPs as hospitalists

When the independent primary care group that served Rusk County Memorial Hospital started referring patients to a competing facility in another community, the critical access hospital in Ladysmith,

Effective CEO Performance Evaluation

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