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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 systems often stand in the way of the changes required to accomplish this, particularly when it comes to leadership.
- A well-defined governance structure, with roles and responsibilities clearly spelled out, is essential to operational and strategic integration.
- A system board must set the tone and be up front in addressing the needs of organizationwide transformation.
