Articles
Governance Effectiveness
Supporting High-Performing Boards: Dedicated Governance Leadership
Addresses how to determine the level of governance leadership your organization needs to build and sustain high-performing boards.
Governance Effectiveness, Strategic Planning, Workforce
Board support: Is it time for dedicated governance leadership?
Trustee talking points
- As hospitals and health systems grow increasingly complex, they are increasingly creating dedicated support staff for their boards.
- Full-time governance leaders can devote themselves to serving and advancing board work and a governance program.
- There is no one-size-fits-all approach to the numbers, responsibilities and titles of governance support staff and leaders.
- A governance leader's qualifications should include interpersonal skills, the appropriate education and a desire to stay on top of the health care field.
Board Support, Board Infrastructure
Supporting High-Performing Boards: Is It Time for Dedicated Governance Leadership?
Some 66 percent of U.S. hospitals are now part of health systems, according to 2016 survey data from the American Hospital Association. As systems continue to grow in scope and complexity, their governance often follows suit.
Population/Community Health, Transforming Governance
Are Hospitals and Health Systems Overly Reliant on Community Boards for Community/Consumer Engagement?
By Luanne Stout
Traditional community-based boards in health systems and hospitals have long been the stalwart of health care governance because of their value in connecting health care organizations to the communities they serve.