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How Boards Can Encourage Philanthropy to Benefit Hospitals and Communities

Hospital and health system trustees who want to ensure the organization achieves its mission can work to put a greater focus on their organization’s philanthropic foundation.

Accelerating Progress Through Leadership Integration

Trustee Articles
Sustainable change requires a strategy to align improvement efforts and act on the interdependencies of four performance domains.

Overseeing Health Equity in the Age of Emerging Risk

Incorporating health equity into strategy represents a new undertaking for some health care leaders — one that requires a shift in thinking and taking action in such core areas as culture, structure, functions and incentives.

Physician-Hospital Alignment: Meeting on What Matters

Trustee Articles
The evolving U.S. health care system will demand more standardization, reduced variation in outcomes and lower costs, necessitating new care delivery methods. A variety of models may emerge but physicians are the one constant to any emerging care paradigm, making hospital physician alignment imperative.

IT interoperability: what is it, whats holding it up?

“Interoperability” has been a technology buzzword for a while now. But, what does it really mean?

Six Ways a Trustee Can Help Create an Ideal Culture

Trustee Articles
What is the board’s role in shaping culture? Several health care leaders offer advice that reflects the diversity of their experiences.

Combes to Retire as CHG President in Fall

John Combes, M.D., president of the American Hospital Association’s Center for Healthcare Governance and the AHA’s chief medical officer and senior vice president, will retire in Octo

Stewards of the Patient Experience: The Trustee’s Key Role

Trustee Articles
The patient experience reflects the organization’s culture. The board must foster a culture that supports employees and providers to deliver the best possible experience time after time.

The Role of the CEO in Health Care Philanthropy

Trustee Articles
Foundation board members can strengthen their philanthropy efforts by understanding the growing role of the CEO in order to develop a productive and proactive working relationship.

Navigating the health care waters

Over the past few years, and especially this year, many health care trustees are feeling like they are on a whitewater rafting trip.