Governance Effectiveness
Disaster planning is a widely accepted duty of both hospital management and boards of directors. The disasters most leaders have in mind are either a natural event like a tornado or earthquake that strikes a hospital’s service area, or human-made incidents that involve physical harm, such as…
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…
Snapshot Infrastructure costs, lack of on-site expertise and a fierce desire to remain independent have limited rural hospitals’ ability to respond to the quality and value imperatives of reform. But innovative regional alliances and ACO models are removing these barriers while strengthening…
Hospitals and health systems increasingly are entering performance-based contracts as part of the trend toward population health and value-based care. These arrangements typically require organizations to accept greater financial risk for the care they provide by agreeing to deliver defined…
Connie Curran, R.N., an advocate for nurse advancement and better patient care, died on Nov. 10 of cancer. Her multifaceted career included roles as the founding dean at the former Medical College of Wisconsin School of Nursing, chief nursing officer of Montefiore Medical Center and a vice…
American Hospital Association president and CEO Rich Umbdenstock announced that he will retire at the end of this year. The AHA board of trustees has formed a search committee and engaged Korn Ferry to conduct the search for his successor. AHA Chair-elect Jim Skogsbergh, president and CEO of…
Jim Skogsbergh has been at the helm of Advocate Health Care since April 2002. During that time, the 12-hospital system, the largest in Illinois, has experienced or been at the forefront of nearly every trend now influencing providers, insurers, employers and patients nationwide. As he becomes chair…