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How to Grow the Amount of Women on Hospital Boards

In many ways, women are on the front line in health care — as consumers, employees and family caretakers. They possess firsthand knowledge of community health issues and needs.

Why a health care CEO may need a chief of staff

One of the outgrowths of transformational change in health care has been a significantly expanded workload for CEOs.

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.

Making the case for community health workers

Spectrum Health, a Michigan health care system serving both urban and nonurban areas, is striving to quantify the benefits that community health workers provide to patients with chronic conditions.

A new health system means new governance

Trustee talking points Integrated hospitals and health systems hope to achieve all of the benefits of scale, in efficiency, quality and scope. Legacy governing board syst

Seven Levers Pushing Health Care to the Tipping Point

Snapshot What are the levers that are moving health care toward transformation?

Why Nursing Home Quality Matters to Hospitals

Snapshot With reimbursement at risk from readmissions, hospitals are eager to collaborate with nursing homes to smooth the discharge process and provide staff training.

Doing your duty

Nonprofit health care entities are operating today in an environment of uncertainty and unpredictable change.

The First Trustees: History Lessons

“I do not remember any of my political manoeuvres, the success of which gave me at the time more pleasure ...”

Total cost of care: Key considerations

There is a general consensus that the current level of health care spending is unsustainable. Yet, such spending is expected to continue to grow faster than the U.S.