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Delivery System Transformation, Governance Effectiveness, Strategic Planning, Issues & Trends
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. They can bring an informed perspective to health care and other community organizations about where to focus resources to have the greatest impact. As members of all the diverse populations health care organizations serve, women also can provide insight into improving equity of care and meeting the health needs of our nation’s increasingly diverse communities.
Delivery System Transformation, Governance Effectiveness, Operational Excellence, Strategic Planning, Issues & Trends, Workforce
Taking Responsibility for Transitions at the Top
Succession planning is a high-stakes governance responsibility. The significant costs of protracted CEO searches and failed replacements are well-documented. Yet, data from the for-profit and nonprofit sectors continue to show that many boards aren’t focusing enough attention on succession planning or on getting it right.
Governance Effectiveness, Quality & Patient Safety
How and Why to Increase Board Diversity
Board diversity has lagged behind the growth of increasingly diverse communities. This article looks at the advantage of having a diverse board and how to begin having discussions around building one and doing the work to create a diverse board.
Delivery System Transformation, Governance Effectiveness, Physician Workforce, Strategic Planning, Workforce
Physician Organizations Should Drive Quality
A strong, consistent governance and leadership focus on doing what’s best for patients and communities is positioning physician organizations as significant drivers of improved quality and financial performance and as architects of the new care delivery system.
This is one of the key findings of a recently released report, “Governance of Physician Organizations: An Essential Step to Care Integration,” based on a study conducted by the American Hospital Association’s Center for Healthcare Governance and Physician Leadership Forum.
Financial Oversight, Governance Effectiveness, Legislation and Legislative Advocacy
Revisiting Executive Incentive Compensation
Incentive compensation plans are intended to focus executives’ attention on their organizations’ most vital priorities and initiatives. As health care organizations revise their business strategies to address the ongoing transformation of care delivery and payment, health care boards also need to reassess the structure and measures of performance in their executive incentive compensation plans. Such an assessment can help to determine whether incentive plans and executive performance are aligned with a health system’s current goals and the changing marketplace.
Financial Oversight, Governance Effectiveness
The Role of Philanthropy in Hospital Income
As stewards of their hospital or health care system’s advancement, board members should be both highly vested in the organization’s work as well as invested in its mission. Trustees not only should contribute financially to their institution, they also should set the tone for an organizationwide culture to support philanthropy, says Betsy Chapin Taylor, president of health care philanthropy consulting firm Accordant Philanthropy.