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Understanding Affordability and Value in Health Care
Trustee Articles
Affordability is one of the most important challenges influencing Americans’ ability to access health care. However, no single, agreed-upon definition of health care affordability exists because it is influenced by many complex factors.
Governance Leadership of Quality
Trustee Articles
A diagnostic tool and organization assessment can help boards address barriers to effective quality oversight.
Redefining the Physician’s Role as Care Team Leader
Trustee Articles
With training and support, physicians can become effective team leaders.
Helping Boards Have Productive Conversations about Quality of Care
Trustee Articles
Health care boards that take a broader view of “quality” and incorporate measures that reflect this understanding are better able to assess performance in the right areas.
Diverse Board Members Offer Their Perspectives
Open discussion, continued engagement and genuine effort can support meaningful and sustainable change for board diversity efforts.
Governing in the New Quality, Safety Landscape
Trustee Articles
For effective oversight, boards must engage at three levels: see, own and solve.
Understanding Quality Scorecards: A Primer for Boards
Trustee Articles
The number of public quality scorecards for hospitals has increased exponentially in recent years as consumers take more interest in getting the most value for their health care dollar.
Improving Quality Through Physician Engagement
Trustee Articles
From accountable care organizations to clinical integration, forging a close bond between physicians and hospitals for improved quality results is now an imperative.
Governing for Quality in a "No-Outcome, No-Income" World
Trustee Articles
There’s hardly a health care board member, past or present, who hasn’t heard of the age-old governance mantra “no margin, no mission.” For years this simple phrase captured what most trustees came to believe was their primary obligation: to ensure the financial viability of their hospital or health system. Days cash on hand, debt coverage ratio and net operating margin were key measures that defined high or low performance.
Responding to a Community Mental Health Crisis
How collaboration with community partners and identification of resources allowed Carroll Hospital to improve coordinated behavioral health services.