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Nurses in the Boardroom
Trustee Articles
A board member/trustee with a nursing background brings a unique voice to governance conversations focused on the Triple Aim. Nurses bring expertise in and valuable perspectives about community health, quality, safety, patient experience, workforce development, staff engagement and financial stewardship.
Leveraging Committees
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As health care field changes become more complex, savvy board and executive leaders are intentionally increasing the time that their boards spend in robust discussions of strategic challenges and opportunities.
Co-creating strategy
Let’s face it, designing a strategy is challenging in the best of times. Add to this the uncertainty of the health reform landscape, and strategy design seems almost impossible.
Equity of Care Toolkit Guides Boards and Leaders in Eliminating Disparities
The American Hospital Association released a free toolkit designed to accelerate the elimination of health disparities and increase leadership diversity.
Women in Governance: A Savvy Strategy for Advancing Community Health
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In many ways, women are on the front line in health care — as consumers, employees and family caretakers. They possess firsthand knowledge of community health issues and needs. They can bring an informed perspective to health care and other community organizations about where to focus resources to have the greatest impact.
Emerging Committee Effectiveness Practices
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The best boards revisit their committee structures, responsibilities and information flow to ensure detailed oversight while devoting more time to strategic and policy issues.
Physician Organizations Should Drive Quality
A strong, consistent governance and leadership focus on doing what’s best for patients and communities is positioning physician organizations as significant drivers of improved quality and financia
Put Equity at the Heart of Care
Health care is a fundamental right — a civil right and a human right. Statistically, however, underserved patient populations, often minority groups, receive the worst care nationwide.
Leadership Advice from Retiring Sentara CEO David Bernd
David Bernd, CEO, Sentara Healthcare, Norfolk, Va., has led Sentara Healthcare for more than 20 years during which time the system achieved significant volume growth and won national quality awards
Planning the workforce of the future
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As health care transforms, the health care workforce will have to change, too.
Hospital boards should make workforce planning and development part