Trustee Articles
I recently spoke with William (Bill) Menner about some of the challenges that hospital and health system boards are experiencing.
Great governance rarely happens without a great board chair. Yet too often, insufficient attention is paid to ensuring that chairs are well suited for this critical role. Lessons about this important issue can be learned from the stories of four boards: two that did not handle board leadership…
COVID-19 has served as a wake-up call to the inequities experienced by underserved and historically marginalized populations.
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…
Fiduciary Duties
Fiduciary Responsibilities of Hospital Trustees
Key areas of financial oversight to consider
By Glenn Jensen and Kathleen Cahill Slaught
Increasingly, hospitals and health systems, along with the individuals serving on their committees and governing boards, are seeing t
Environmental Trends
Post-COVID-19 Future of U.S. Health Care
How boards can prepare for an evolving landscape
By Brian Fuller and Jordan Shields
The COVID-19 pandemic has challenged our nation over the past two years.
The past few years have only made things harder for new CEOs, with the impact of COVID-19 creating a volatile, politicized environment on top of existential organizational challenges. Even with all that, a big surprise for a new CEO is how much time and energy are required to establish and nurture…
To navigate the choppy waters ahead, hospital and health system boards need to develop a plan to reengage all trustees and renew CEO and board leadership collaboration.
A WellSpan Health task force developed meaningful principles that signaled a changed approach to governance at the health system.