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Board Self Evaluation
Evaluations and Assessments
Regular board self-evaluation is integral to effective governance. Use the questions in the attachment to assess whether your board is getting maximum mileage from its self-evaluation process.
Information Governance for Hospitals
White Papers
Health care organizations live or die based on the quality of the data their leaders use to make strategic, business and clinical decisions.
Granting physician privileges
A friend of mine who’s a colorectal surgeon in a city far from my home in Utah told me a fascinating story recently about how colonoscopies are performed in the hospital where he practices.
Prioritizing Self-assessments
Trustees are accountable for ensuring that continuous quality improvement processes are in place throughout their health care organization.
Six Ways a Trustee Can Help Create an Ideal Culture
Trustee Articles
What is the board’s role in shaping culture? Several health care leaders offer advice that reflects the diversity of their experiences.
The Importance of Board Member Relationships
Trustee Articles
Throughout my years of serving on boards, I typically have done so as an outside trustee, someone who brings knowledge about health care issues in general and about governance in particular, to the board table. Boards composed primarily of community members, as hospital boards traditionally have been, often incorporate outside trustees within their membership to bring a fresh, external perspective into board discussions.
Evaluating the Board Chair
Trustee Articles
A board committed to continuous improvement realizes that the value of assessing its performance goes beyond meeting Joint Commission or other external requirements. It knows that regular self-evaluation gives it the information needed to understand and build on its strengths and identify and minimize its weaknesses.
Disruptive Governance - A Path to Becoming an Exceptional Board
Trustee Articles
Health care governance has entered a new era of heightened accountability, scrutiny and reform. This era imposes significant new burdens and challenges on boards and has raised the bar on what is required and expected of them. As a result, many boards are shifting their focus away from strategic leadership toward becoming compliant custodians.
A new model for equity of care
Increasing diversity in health care leadership and eliminating care disparities are critical to ensuring high-quality care for all.
Governing for Diverse Communities
Trustee Articles
In July 2011, five national health associations jointly urged hospital and health system leaders to take three steps to help eliminate health disparities and improve quality of care. These steps called for increasing...