Transforming Governance
The American Hospital Association (AHA) is dedicated to transforming health care governance through the work of its Trustee Services.
Workforce Strategy
Simulations Spur Board to Test Workforce Strategies
Baystate Health taps member creativity and competition to explore challenges, solutions
By Mark A.
Suicide Prevention
Health Systems Making Suicide Prevention a Priority
AFSP’s Christine Moutier and Maggie Mortali discuss programs and tools that support health care workers
By Sue Ellen Wagner
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Suicide Prevention
How Boards Can Support Suicide Prevention Initiatives
Hartford HealthCare’s Marissa Sicley-Rogers and Jennifer Ferrand discuss their Zero Suicide Initiative
Governing a health system is different than governing a stand-alone hospital. All health system boards oversee and attempt to integrate different businesses regardless of the type of system they govern.
I recently spoke with William (Bill) Menner about some of the challenges that hospital and health system boards are experiencing.
Physician Strategy
It’s Time to Rethink Your Board’s Physician Strategy
Catching up to disruptive market forces
by Charles A. Peck, M.D., and Alexander M.
Facilitating digital transformation demands that boards appreciate its urgency, move past the hype and fulfill strategy at their hospital and health system via digital transformation-related needs assessment, plan execution and evaluation of results and outcomes.
Hospitals across the United States have been inundated with an alarming number of very ill, complex care patients diagnosed with COVID-19. Caring for patients with non-coronavirus health care needs, such as cardiac and neurologic emergencies, while managing surges in COVID-19 cases, has presented a…
Investing time now in evaluating and enhancing board effectiveness can accelerate organizational results for years to come.
Health care boards can play a pivotal role to ensure their patients, employees and communities receive needed resources to heal, restore and rebuild for a better and healthier future.