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Interoperability: What Boards Need to Know
Trustee Articles
For hospitals and health systems interoperability means applying this concept to the sharing of information in electronic health records (EHRs) and other health information through a fluid process that gives multiple providers in multiple locations actionable information to support safe and quality care and to engage patients in their own care.
The Baldrige Influence on Governance Excellence
Trustee Articles
Guided by their organization’s mission, vision and values, trustees must govern with their eye on the future, the well-being of patients, and the health of their communities.
Physician-Hospital Alignment: Meeting on What Matters
Trustee Articles
The evolving U.S. health care system will demand more standardization, reduced variation in outcomes and lower costs, necessitating new care delivery methods. A variety of models may emerge but physicians are the one constant to any emerging care paradigm, making hospital physician alignment imperative.
Population Health: Considerations for Hospital and Health System Boards
Trustee Articles
An aging population, increasing rates of chronic disease and the onset of value-based payment structures are among the many drivers that have moved hospitals and health systems in recent years to take a more prominent role in disease prevention, health promotion, and other public health initiatives.
Exploring a Variety of Ways to Transform System Governance
Trustee Articles
Governance restructuring efforts of eight health systems provide lessons on redefining what it means to be a community board.
Selecting a Foundation Board Dream Team
Trustee Articles
Boards must proactively define the qualities of an ideal board member and select based upon those competencies, expertise, experience, behaviors and circles of influence—and within the context of the foundation’s priorities, strategy, opportunities and challenges. The foundation governance committee champions the identification and screening of proposed members.
Board Support Essential to Behavioral Health Access
An interview with Robert Trestman of Carilion Clinic about how governing boards and leadership teams can work with their communities to develop strategies and improve access to behavioral health care.
Aligning Care Delivery to Emerging Payment Models
Trustee Articles
As payers shift financial risk to providers through more advanced payment models, trustees will need to help their organizations build new capabilities for succeeding under these payment arrangements.
Learnings on Governance from Partnerships that Improve Community Health
Trustee Articles
Hospitals’ and health systems’ accountability and commitment to their communities are not only for the care provided within the organizations’ walls, but also for improving the overall health of the communities they serve. Many are acting on that commitment by striving to achieve the goals of the Triple Aim.