By fostering a strong organizational culture and building interdisciplinary care teams, hospitals can enable their team members to meet their mission and prevent burnout.
Trustee Services serves as the hub for the AHA’s broad array of efforts to raise the performance of hospital and health system boards and to help boards navigate the transforming health care landscape.
What should every hospital board member know about quality and patient safety? In this conversation, Elizabeth Mort, M.D., vice president and chief medical officer at Joint Commission, breaks down the five critical priorities boards must focus on — from quality metrics and risk transparency, to accreditation readiness and patient safety culture. Discover how stronger board leadership can help hospitals build safer systems, improve outcomes and stay ready for the challenges ahead.
This article provides a framework for trustees to evaluate innovation across the continuum — from hospital to home and community-based care — based on elements drawn from the Institute for Healthcare Improvement Quintuple Aim.
The following is Part I of a two-part series on artificial intelligence (AI) for the trustee. The first article will discuss the definition of AI, provide a practical working model and cover general concepts and controversies that the Trustee will encounter.
For community health care boards to effectively tackle the big challenges their organizations face and to lead successfully into the future, they need to enhance their ability to bring value and insights, think critically and provide strategic guidance.
Addressing health care worker burnout is essential for maintaining a healthy and productive workforce. Trustees play a pivotal role in fostering a supportive work environment. Members only.
In this video, Greg Bentz, board chair of BJC HealthCare in Kansas City, Mo., shares the benefits of integrating behavioral and physical health care, and why it matters to hospital and health system boards.
Article explores successes and challenges providers have experienced in aligning care delivery models with alternative payment models, and that provides lessons for those in the midst of this transition.
This blog highlights the need for board members to build knowledge and understanding on quality and performance improvement, and their pivotal role in offering well-informed, strategic counsel and oversight for hospitals and health systems.