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Recruiting for a Diverse Health Care Board
Adding diverse members to a hospital’s or health system’s board can change the board’s culture for the better.
Getting Nurses on Board(s)
Why health care organizations should consider adding nurses to their boards.
Women in Governance: A Savvy Strategy for Advancing Community Health
In many ways, women are on the front line in health care — as consumers, employees and family caretakers. They possess firsthand knowledge of community health issues and needs. They can bring an informed perspective to health care and other community organizations about where to focus resources to have the greatest impact.
Exploring Ways to Reinvent Generational Recruitment
An emerging group of future health care leaders are ready to take on the challenge of health care board service.
Is Trustee Emeritus Status Outdated?
Is granting an outgoing trustee ‘emeritus status’ a thing of the past?
Governing for Diverse Communities
In July 2011, five national health associations jointly urged hospital and health system leaders to take three steps to help eliminate health disparities and improve quality of care. These steps called for increasing...
Small City, Big Champions
Recruiting board members is a challenge for every hospital and health system, but the task is particularly difficult in small communities. At Benefits Health System, Great Falls, Mont., our pool of candidates is largely limited to the city’s 60,000 residents, despite the fact that we are the tertiary referral center for a population of 250,000 across nearly 40,000 square miles of rural Montana.
Competency-Based Succession Planning
Even before the Enron scandal, which featured directors who didn’t understand the company’s complex financial transactions, and before the Sarbanes‐Oxley Act required publicly owned corporations to disclose whether their boards include directors with financial expertise, it should have been self‐evident that relevant knowledge and experience are prerequisites for effective governance.
Nurses in the Boardroom
A board member/trustee with a nursing background brings a unique voice to governance conversations focused on the Triple Aim. Nurses bring expertise in and valuable perspectives about community health, quality, safety, patient experience, workforce development, staff engagement and financial stewardship.