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Keeping Risk in Check

Trustee Articles
The complexities inherent in performance-based contracts call for increased board oversight

Accreditation: What Boards Need to Know

Trustee Articles
Voluntary accreditation is considered to be an important symbol of a hospital’s commitment to high-quality, safe care. Some consumers look for accreditation when choosing a hospital. Many health care professionals believe it is an important indicator of the commitment to quality and safety they are looking for when choosing a place to practice.

A New Framework for Working with Patient and Family Advisers

Boards have a keen interest in quality, and they are helping their hospitals and systems to implement a variety of improvement strategies.

Transforming Care Delivery to Focus on Patient Outcomes: Why Boards Matter

Trustee Articles
In the publication, authors Joshi and Horak state that hospital trustees support hospitals’ fundamental missions to improve the health of the community. In a climate of growing concerns about the quality of health care and the amount we pay for it, trustees are called upon to oversee the transformation of the culture of the organization.

The key to new payment programs? Data management.

Value-based payment approaches, including Medicare’s Quality Payment Program for physicians and other eligible clinicians, tie fees and bonuses to how well providers perform on various qualit

Accelerating Progress Through Leadership Integration

Trustee Articles
Sustainable change requires a strategy to align improvement efforts and act on the interdependencies of four performance domains.