Streamlining and Aligning System Governance Significant opportunity remains for system boards to enhance governance effectiveness. Health systems are transforming themselves at lightning speed to achieve the Triple Aim, deliver on their brand promise and manage...
Leveraging Board Effectiveness: Increasing Committee Communication Communication among the various board committees at a hospital or health system can be tricky. Too often, committees find themselves working in their own silos rather than coordinating together for the...
Clarifying Board Roles: Emerging Best Practices in System vs. Subsidiary Board Duties Last winter, I facilitated a Governance Institute educational session with hospital board members entitled “Board Basics for Effective Governance.” Expecting most participants to be...
Competency-Based Board Recruitment: How to Get the Right People on the Board Recent Governance Institute research showed a positive correlation between a hospital’s or health system’s quality scores and the board’s use of competency-based criteria when selecting new...
Board Orientation Manual: Providing Essential Knowledge and Solutions to Achieve Excellence in Healthcare Governance, Fifth Ed. As a new board member, you are beginning a period of service that brings with it prestige, credibility, influence, and personal...
