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Leading a Coordinated Community Response to COVID-19

During and moving beyond the pandemic, hospital and health system boards and executive teams need to keep community stakeholders engaged to forge a better state of health in their communities.
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Participation Is Not Optional

A board that engages 100% of its membership results in effective governance.
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Empowering a Healthy Culture

Boards need to assess troubled areas in their organizations, set goals for improving the culture, and hold leaders accountable for change.
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4 Lessons for Navigating a New Reality in Health Care

As the health care field moves from response to recovery, strategic and innovative thinkers have started to share their insights and plans for the road ahead.
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Role of the Chief Governance Officer

Learn about the role of the Chief Governance Officer in hospital trustee boards and how effective governance is crucial in ensuring quality processes and patient safety.
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Responding to a Community Mental Health Crisis

How collaboration with community partners and identification of resources allowed Carroll Hospital to improve coordinated behavioral health services.
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Streamlining the Credentialing and Privileging Process

The legal authority to approve, limit or deny provider credentials and privileges is a fundamental board responsibility. Organizations that centralize and standardize this process are better prepared to meet the field’s many changes and challenges.
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Taking Responsibility for Transitions at the Top

Succession planning is a high-stakes governance responsibility. The significant costs of protracted CEO searches and failed replacements are well-documented. Yet, data from the for-profit and nonprofit sectors continue to show that many boards aren’t focusing enough attention on succession planning or on getting it right.
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The Importance of Governing Boards in Developing a Behavioral Health Strategy

Hospital and health system boards can play a significant role in developing and guiding behavioral health strategy and working with community partners to address unmet health needs in the community and expand access to services.
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Cybersecurity and Hospitals: A Board Perspective

Cybersecurity is an important issue for both the public and private sector. At a time when so many of our activities depend on information systems and technology, it is not surprising that, when we think about our organizations’ vulnerabilities, our information infrastructure must be high on the list.