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Peer Assessment Instruments

These documents are based on CHP’s core values, the CHP board’s roles and responsibilities, and the expectations established for CHP’s board members. They may or may not fit other boards’ situations. Each board should adopt its own individual competencies and evaluation instrument. Reviewing others’ efforts is a helpful reference point, but no sample should be used without modification.
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Road to Better Governance

Given the nature and challenges of small, elected boards, choosing to look inward and improve governance is no easy decision.
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Getting Nurses on Board(s)

Why health care organizations should consider adding nurses to their boards.
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Evaluating the Board Chair

A board committed to continuous improvement realizes that the value of assessing its performance goes beyond meeting Joint Commission or other external requirements. It knows that regular self-evaluation gives it the information needed to understand and build on its strengths and identify and minimize its weaknesses.
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2025 AHA Committee on Governance Chair James Liggins shares what lies ahead for boards 

In the latest issue of AHA's Trustee Insights newsletter, James Liggins, Jr., 2025 AHA Committee on Governance chair and board chair of Bronson Healthcare System, shares how boards need to prepare for integrating artificial intelligence and other emerging governance issues.
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AHA Associate Podcast Series, Ep.73 | B.E. Smith

In this podcast series, the AHA checks in with its Associates to learn how they are supporting members and leveraging the AHA Associate Program to stay connected with members and help them achieve their goals and objectives.
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Competency Based Governance Enters the Health Care Boardroom

The role of a health care organization trustee is getting more complicated and more sophisticated every day. Pressures are increasing simultaneously for higher quality, lower cost, more transparency and accountability, and use of evolving and ever-more-expensive technology.
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The 2025 COG Chair on the Future of Governance 

Sue Ellen Wagner and James Liggins, Jr., board chair, Bronson Healthcare System and 2025 Committee on Governance chair on what lies ahead for boards.
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Questions Board Members Should Be Asking to Address Vulnerabilities

In this conversation, James Liggins, Jr., senior counsel at Warner Norcross + Judd, and vice chair of the board of directors at Bronson Healthcare, discusses his work developing a tool for board members that allows them to effectively understand and address areas of concern for their organizations.
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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.