Aligning the Work of Your Board’s Committees with Systemwide Efforts
Aligning the Work of Your Board’s Committees with Systemwide Efforts Many subsidiary hospital boards establish and maintain committees to help the local board fulfill its duties and responsibilities. Most often, these include quality committees, governance and...
CEO Evaluations During Industry Disruption
CEO Evaluations During Industry Disruption Industry changes require updates to CEO evaluation processes. The pace of healthcare disruption often seems to exceed our ability to remain current in our governance processes. A case in point is in CEO performance...
Ten Tips to Streamline Information Flow to the Board
Ten Tips to Streamline Information Flow to the Board Increasingly, we are asked to help boards maximize the use of board members’ time in effectively stewarding the organization by running more efficient and effective board meetings. The current state of healthcare...
Worksheet: Keeping Boards Engaged Between Meetings
Worksheet: Keeping Boards Engaged Between Meetings Some boards have transitioned to quarterly meetings, although this still is not the most common approach. According to The Governance Institute’s 2015 biennial survey, 21st Century Care Delivery: Governing in the New...
Worksheet: Committee Meetings
Worksheet: Committee Meetings As boards move to meeting only four or six times per year, a robust committee structure becomes even more essential. However, an unintended consequence of having strong, robust committees is that they can become so focused on their...
Driving Value through Strategic Alliances
Driving Value through Strategic Alliances Physician offices, hospitals, and health systems have long been synonymous with “healthcare,” under a system in which payers essentially exchanged payment for services rendered. Driven by our nation’s largest payer, Medicare,...
Streamlining and Aligning System Governance
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
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...
Moving Beyond the Basics of Strategic Planning: The Board’s Role
Moving Beyond the Basics of Strategic Planning: The Board’s Role “Strategy is a word that gets used in so many ways with so many meanings that it can end up being meaningless.”1 This quotation by Harvard Business School professor and well-known author Michael Porter...
Clarifying Board Roles: Emerging Best Practices in System vs. Subsidiary Board Duties
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...