Trustee Magazine Articles
Board Development
When Hospital/Health System and Foundation Boards Intersect
Collaborating on a shared vision can boost effectiveness and efficiencies
By Erica M.
Health Equity, Diversity and Inclusion
Digging into data to address maternal health challenges
Analytics can guide trustees in identifying deficiencies and prioritizing actions to improve outcomes
By Priya Bathija
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Board Composition & Selection
Data Reveal Characteristics Shared by Successful CEOs
Choosing your next CEO using Objective Data
By Kenneth R. Cohen
Sixteen percent of hospital CEOs left their roles in 2021 according to a report from the American College of Healthcare Executives.
Doctor shortages
Where Have All the Doctors Gone?
Health Systems Must Learn to Better Compete for Physician Talent to Confront an Existential Threat
By Chris Smedley, Semyon Shtulberg and Andy Ziskind
The effects of phy
Patient Experience
Focus on Consumerism to Drive Health Care Value
Boards can understand their patient population better by being “consumer-centric”
By Priya Bathija
During an executive forum in the early days of AHA’s The Value Ini
Health Equity
Boards Must Address Equity Competencies
Health leaders’ attention, connection and empathy will help guide difficult conversations
By Maria Hernandez, Dora Barilla and Karma H.
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
Intervie
Suicide Prevention
How Boards Can Support Suicide Prevention Initiatives
Hartford HealthCare’s Marissa Sicley-Rogers and Jennifer Ferrand discuss their Zero Suicide Initiative
boards must become more involved in the oversight of the financial turnaround of their organizations than they did in past periods of lessor financial challenge. This may involve a board monitoring levels of detail that would have previously been inappropriate. But, when a hospital or system is…
Proper hiring of people at all levels needs to be done with a focus on succession planning. Hiring should not be done in a vacuum and must weigh the short- and long-term departmental and broader organizational needs. Leaders need to surround themselves with others whose skills complement their own.