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Effective Governance of Health Systems
Governing a health system is different than governing a stand-alone hospital. All health system boards oversee and attempt to integrate different businesses regardless of the type of system they govern.
Partnering with post-acute providers for better care
Hospital executives are facing a relatively new challenge: managing the financial risk of bundled or capitated payment after a patient is discharged.
Hospital-acquired conditions drop 17%
Hospitals are making “substantial progress in improving safety,” according to an Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality report that found a 17 percent decline
Recruiting rural executives
Rural hospitals and health systems often face a leadership Catch-22: They need strong leaders to overcome the well-documented challenges facing rural health care — limited resources and dwind
The Engine that Powers Population Health
When physicians, executives and trustees look at the pros and cons of assigning a patient's total cost of care to a physician, they can't get bogged down in philosophical arguments over fairness or
Applying Competency-based Criteria to Committee Makeup and Education
Trustee Articles
More and more boards are adopting the practice of using competency-based criteria to select governing board members. They identify the subject areas and behavioral qualities needed from trustees and apply them to recruitment, orientation, leadership development, succession planning and periodic evaluation.
Addressing Health Equity in the Hospital Board Room
COVID-19 has made it clear that addressing health equity is necessary to improve health and save lives, and hospital and health system trustees need to lead and collaborate in these efforts.
Leadership for Value-Based Care
Four areas of knowledge and skills must be mastered to make the move from fee for service.
Top 10 Practices of Great Boards
Checklists
Be sure every member fully understands his or her accountability, responsibilities and the expectations of the office, and document it all in a written position description...
Forging the Link Between Community and Health
Trustee Articles
The AHA’s 2017 report documents how leading health care organizations and their boards, in collaboration with other community partners, are beginning to expand efforts to addressthe myriad of social determinants that significantly affect the health of their communities.