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Board Diversity Survey to Advance Health Equity

Understanding a board’s aptitude and ability to advance health equity should be a key element of board strategy.

Boardroom Brief: It Starts at the Top: How Boards Can Prioritize Health Equity

Trustees are in a unique leadership position for overseeing a health equity strategy for their hospitals and health systems.

Building a Governing Board Strategy on Diversity and Health Equity

Nine executives and board members interviews describing how their organizations are prioritizing diversity and health equity with actionable results.

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.

Improving Community Health: An Emerging Priority for Health System Governance

On-Demand Educational Webinars
This webinar: Makes the case for health system engagement in multi-sector initiatives for improving community health. Discusses challenges system boards and leadership teams will likely have in participating in community health improvement. Makes recommendation for consideration by health system boards and leaders to make community health improvement an organizational and governance priority.

A Trustee's Guide to Population Health: Building New Foundations Linking Care with Community

Videos
The six videos and discussion guide included in this resource are designed to provide trustees with an overview of population health strategies, the foundational capabilities that health care leaders are using to redesign care, the importance of developing new partnerships, as well as specific actions for how trustees can participate with their organization’s leadership team to advance health within their community.

Position Description for a Health System or Hospital Board Member

Position Descriptions
A duty of obedience to the charitable purpose of the organization, a duty that should be demonstrable in all the board’s decisions. A duty of loyalty, to act based on best interests of the organization and the wider community it serves, not the narrow interests of an individual or stakeholder group. A duty of care, to be diligent in carrying out the work of the board by preparing for meetings, attending faithfully, participating in discussions, asking questions, making sound and independent business judgments, and seeking independent opinions when necessary.