Strategic Planning
In the 2017-2018 Public Company Governance Survey conducted by the National Association of Corporate Directors, 600 directors of publicly traded companies were asked what they consider the board’s priorities on behalf of the organizations they serve. Their top five:
Many boards and executive teams of independent hospitals or health systems find themselves struggling with how to evaluate what role partnerships or affiliations should play in their organization’s strategy. These teams recognize the importance of evaluating their affiliation strategy options…
For all its challenges and complexities, health care transformation also presents tremendous opportunities for hospitals — and their boards.
One area in which this duality is playing out is population health management, increasingly important as value-based payment systems become…
Peter Boling, M.D., graduated from medical school almost 40 years ago, and his career has been driven by a single question.
“Is the hospital emergency room and the inpatient ward the best way to solve the problems of an immobile 80-year-old with complex multimorbid conditions who can't…
There are more people older than 60 alive today than at any other point in history. The United Nations estimates that by 2050 there will be twice as many people older than 60 as there were in 2015. In fact, by 2020, the global population of individuals 65 and older may outnumber children…
House calls used to be considered a thing of the past. But while still not that common, home-based care is gaining traction.
The reason? Frail and elderly patients can benefit from house calls, and the concept meshes with value-based payment programs, as Lola Butcher describes in our cover…
AHA launched Hospitals Against Violence, a board-initiated program that speaks to the mission-driven imperative of its members and the association: to address violence in our workplaces and communities so that a society of healthy communities, where all individuals reach their highest potential for…
A health care organization’s strategic planning involves the board in a number of important activities. But how many boards have considered CEO succession planning to be one of them? For many reasons, the success of an organization’s strategy depends on the quality of its process for…
Health care organizations must develop accessible, integrated systems of care that are convenient, affordable and intuitive. Importantly, the organizations do not need to own all the system components. These systems can be assembled through partnerships and virtually through technology.
A decade ago, leaders of four health systems serving Milwaukee residents recognized that they needed to do something different. Their organizations increasingly were burdened by high rates of uninsured and underinsured patients. Primary care services were underused, and emergency departments were…