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How Hospitals Can Make the Best Use of Social Media

Recognizing the importance of social media is the first step in taking your hospital into the digital world.

Shared Governance Imperative

Trustee Articles
Just as the health industry continues to shift care delivery from a volume- to a value-based model, so too must the health care board evolve beyond its traditional fiduciary and core governance responsibilities to encompass a more strategic and global view. The success of this evolving model depends on shared governance—a stronger alignment and engagement among the board, physician leadership and management.

Successful Strategic Planning: The Board Role

Trustee Articles
This monograph covers the basics of strategic planning, including definitions of common terms, a description of the planning process and the characteristics of successful plans. It describes the board’s role in planning, including why plans fail, common weaknesses and how boards can support successful plan implementation.

New trustee services from the AHA

The American Hospital Association recently unveiled a newly refocused set of services for trustees and CEOs specifically designed to support good governance in the changing health care environment

Essential Skills for Todays CEO

The board is responsible for setting the hospital or health system’s mission and vision, and for engaging leaders and staff in working toward that vision.

The new health care consumer looking at finances, value

Patients are morphing into health consumers, shaped by paying first dollar for health care services.

AHA seeks to strengthen services for trustees

Governance AHA seeks to strengthen services for trustees The American Hospital Association board of trustees in July approved a plan to strengthen the AHA’s role in s

Reinventing the health care foundation board

Trustee talking points Philanthropy is growing in importance as health care transforms toward new models.

Becoming a First-Rate Board

Trustee Articles
Fulfilling duties includes actively engaging in practices that promote good governance. A review of best practices enables the board to reflect on opportunities for improvement.