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AHA podcast: Quality 101 — How University of Utah Health Strengthens Board Culture for Better Patient Outcomes
How a “Quality 101” approach helped bridge knowledge gaps between clinicians and board members and why making this transformation interactive leads to stronger strategic alignment and better patient outcomes.
Position Description for a Health System or Hospital Board Member
The board has three legal duties: a duty of obedience to the charitable purpose of the organization, a duty of loyalty, to act based on best interests of the organization, and a duty of care. The role of the board is to govern, not manage, the organization.
AHA brief: The Board’s Role in Addressing Societal Factors that Influence Health
AHA Trustee Services’ latest Boardroom Brief discusses how board members should know the societal factors that influence the health and well-being of the patients and communities their hospital or health system serves and how these factors are being addressed.
Current High-Performance Governance Practices
For boards to participate in shaping their new organization, they must be currently performing at an extremely high level. The following is a list of four practices that hospital and health system boards must be engaged in today, in order to be successful in the future.
Lighting the Way on Board Integration
Tori Bayless is CEO of Luminis Health based in Annapolis, Md. Tim Adelman is Chief Legal Officer and General Counsel of Luminis Health. In this interview, they explain how the integration of two major health systems resulted in stronger governance.
Supporting Hospital and Health System Boards as We Navigate a Changing Health Care Landscape
The many complexities of health care today continue to challenge hospital and health system governing boards to ensure that high-quality patient care is provided to the communities they serve.
Position Description for a Health System or Hospital Board Member
The role of the board is to govern, not manage, the organization. To that end, the board carries out four roles.
Health Equity Resources
To support hospitals and health systems starting from different points on their journey to strengthen health equity, the AHA’s Institute for Diversity and Health Equity (IFDHE) is preparing four new guidance and resource toolkits to share evidence-based practices to inform organizational next steps. Look for additional IFDHE toolkits to be released throughout 2021.
Participation Is Not Optional
A board that engages 100% of its membership results in effective governance.