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Improving the Foundation Onboarding Experience
Trustee Articles
It is time for the foundation board governance committee to recalibrate orientation to instead offer an impactful and ongoing onboarding experience. This new approach provides fulfilling, meaningful mission experiences to connect new members to the organization’s mission, purpose, culture and stories.
Effective Governance in Systems
Trustee Articles
This publication discusses observations and trends about system development and identifies models of governance that are emerging as new organizations form and determine what it really means to become a system. It also reviews issues and obstacles that can arise as models of governance change and suggests steps boards can take to address them on the path toward more effective system governance.
Road to Better Governance
Trustee Articles
Given the nature and challenges of small, elected boards, choosing to look inward and improve governance is no easy decision.
Incorporating Cyberrisk Management into Enterprise Risk Management
Cyberattacks have far-reaching consequences that directly threaten patient care, patient safety and broader public health and safety, by potentially denying the availability of the hospital and emergency medical care to the community.
An overlooked source of risk: Culture
Directors and trustees serving health care organizations, whether investor-owned or nonprofit, bear responsibility for their organization’s corporate culture and, with that, enormous ris
How to preserve a legacy of service
In today's environment of change and transformation, some nonprofit hospitals and health systems are considering the possibility of selling to for-profit providers.
Expanding the reach of palliative care
When Alexander Gamble, M.D., was hired to develop a palliative medicine program at Phelps County Regional Medical Center in south-central Missouri, he expected it would take some time to persuade p
History repeats. Sort of.
Merriam-Webster offers one definition of revolution as “a sudden, extreme, or complete change in the way people live, work, etc.” That sounds pretty darn close to what hospital and he
How to Put Your Strategic Plan to Work
The board’s foremost responsibility is to own the organization’s mission and vision and ensure a consistent focus on the strategic path to achieve them.
Bringing millennials on board
As hospitals and health systems assess how they can attract and retain millennials in their operations, hospital boards are asking the same question.