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Fiduciary Duties, Conflicts of Interest and Independence Refresher
Trustee Articles
These are exciting and challenging times for board members of not-for-profit health care organizations. The main driver of this state of affairs is a field-wide transformation that promises to result in better quality, higher value, and population health improvement. Most board members see this as a positive move for their organization and community, since their missions often speak to the need to improve the health of the communities they serve.
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.
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.
Capital Project Success Depends on Strong Board Oversight
Trustee Articles
In 2003, Princeton HealthCare System initiated a highly participative and comprehensive long-range strategic planning process. Among the participants were trustees, donors, physicians, elected officials, influential community members, and patients and their families, as well as administrators and clinical and service staff members.
Pursuing Board Chair Excellence
Great governance rarely happens without a great board chair. Yet too often, insufficient attention is paid to ensuring that chairs are well suited for this critical role. Lessons about this important issue can be learned from the stories of four boards: two that did not handle board leadership preparation well, and two that are heading in the right direction.
Time for a New Model of Governance
Trustee Articles
The crisis brewing in the traditional governance model requires conscious construction of new models relevant to new times.
Current High-Performance Governance Practices
Trustee Articles
For boards to participate in shaping their new organization, they must be currently performing at an extremely high level. The following is a list of four practices that hospital and health system boards must be engaged in today, in order to be successful in the future.
Board Guidelines for a Time of Crisis
Trustee Articles
To meet the challenge of COVID-19, governing boards should identify actions to undertake—and avoid—to best support their health care organizations.