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Boardroom 101

This resource from AHA Trustee Services provides information and guidance, including sample agendas and questions for board members to consider as they learn about health care, their hospital and/or health system, and board responsibilities.

ASHE Management Monographs

The ASHE monographs cover single topics in clinical/biomedical engineering, facility engineering, design and construction, and safety and security management.

Professional Governance Models | Strengthening the Health Care Workforce

Strong leadership is essential for informing and supporting professional shared governance. Effective leaders use the structures of professional governance to build a culture of excellence, where interprofessional teams can exercise accountability for service delivery that advances patient outcomes.

4 Insights into Walgreens’ Health Strategy Review

New Walgreen's CEO Tim Wentworth said he and the board will meet in April to conduct a strategic review of Walgreens’ retail, pharmacy and health care business portfolio and to develop a road map for the future.

Fast Facts: U.S. Health Systems Infographic

A new infographic provides a quick overview on the number of health systems in the U.S. AHA has defined two types of health care systems, and both involve an ownership, lease, sponsorship or contract-management relationship with a central organization.

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.

AHA 2022 National Health Care Governance Survey Report

AHA’s 2022 National Health Care Governance Survey report describes board structures, composition, culture, diversity and other board practices.

The Great Rethink: Challenging Our Assumptions About the Future

A report from the 2022 Thought Leader Forum

How to Address 3 Critical Health Care Focus Areas for 2022

Service lines continue to be interrupted by COVID-19, with no end in sight. The health care workforce is stressed out and stretched thinly amid the so-called Great Resignation wave. Care delivery increasingly is being moved from hospitals to outpatient facilities and the home, thanks in part to an explosion of digital technologies.

How Some Hospitals Are Grappling with the Workforce Shortage

In April, leaders at Sanford Health, a rural system in Fargo, North Dakota, began rolling out an augmented intelligence software tool the organization co-developed with the tech firm Flexwise Health to begin scheduling its 10,000-plus nurses more effectively.