Governance Effectiveness
SNAPSHOT Hospitals that strive for high reliability aim to drive out the possibility of error and reject incremental improvements. In 2006, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center became the first pediatric hospital to receive the American Hospital Association–…
John R. (Bob) Ferguson III was elected chair of the board of trustees of health system Texas Health Resources, Arlington, Texas, and Wesley R. (Wes) Turner was elected as the board’s vice chair. Kenneth W. Reeves Sr., Bishop J. Michael Lowry, and the Rev. Dr. Janet…
Rick Pollack will become the American Hospital Association’s 11th president and CEO in September, the association’s board of trustees announced at the AHA Annual Membership Meeting. A 32-year veteran of the AHA, he has served as executive vice president for advocacy and…
Despite the change washing over every part of health care, one thing has stayed the same: the percentage of women on hospital and health system boards. Women have comprised only 28 percent of boards since 2011, according to the AHA’s Center for Healthcare Governance National Governance Survey.
Snapshot For boards to lead their organizations to value-based care, they will need highly skilled, energized and diverse members. However, a new governance survey finds that they have some work to do in diversity, competencies and turnover.
The strategic challenges for hospital systems have never been steeper, yet boards have not made any significant headway in boosting the amount of meeting time they devote to crucial discussion and debate, according to findings from the 2014 National Health Care Governance Survey.
When trustees are appointed to the board of Manatee Memorial Hospital, they have a steep learning curve as they settle into this new role. Providing an orientation program and performing frequent performance evaluations help to ensure that trustees receive the training, resources and ongoing…
Hospitals continued to see a high rate of CEO turnover in 2014, with 4,501 hospitals reporting a rate of 18 percent, according to a report recently released by the American College of Healthcare Executives. Although lower than the 20 percent CEO turnover rate reported in 2013, last year’s…
SNAPSHOT Stand-alone, nonprofit hospitals seem to bear the brunt of an unfavorable financial climate. These tactics, which include assessing services, sizing up leaders and improving documentation, can protect hospitals and shield trustees from individual liability.
Louise Michaux Gonzales was elected chair of the board of trustees of the University of Maryland Medical Center, Baltimore. Calvin G. Butler Jr., Harriet E. Cooperman, Carol L. Coughlin, Mark L. Joseph, Tim Regan and Deborah Trautman, R.N., were also elected to the board.