Transforming Governance
The American Hospital Association (AHA) is dedicated to transforming health care governance through the work of its Trustee Services.
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.
Changing the mindset of health care CEOs and boards to envision the board’s potential is the first step in a long trek to turn the board into a strategic asset.
Boards can provide tremendous value and crucial support to their hospitals and health systems during the COVID-19 crisis.
To meet the challenge of COVID-19, governing boards should identify actions to undertake—and avoid—to best support their health care organizations.
During the COVID-19 pandemic, hospital and health system boards play a critical role to assure plans, policies and resources are in place.
Ongoing board education that includes newer modalities and technologies will increase board engagement and improve governance.
Governance restructuring efforts of eight health systems provide lessons on redefining what it means to be a community board.
Health systems that take the time to assess the role and value of subsidiary boards, and invest in educating their members, can maintain a key community connection that might otherwise be diminished or lost.