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5 Necessary Competencies for CEOs

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When your board hired your organization’s CEO, the competencies the CEO possessed likely were a major factor in the selection process.

5 ways to improve care for older patients

Last year marked the 50th anniversary of Medicare and Medicaid. These two programs (including state funding) represent 37 cents of every dollar spent on health care in the United States.

A boards duty: Ensure a healthy culture

High-profile companies like Wells Fargo, Uber, Equifax, The Weinstein Co., Fox News and many more have recently garnered media attention for their leadership and corporate cultures.

A boards mission, vision and values

How would your directors answer the question, “What’s our governing board’s mission?”

A Chance to Meet Your Peers, Stay on Top of the Hospital Field

The 2017 American Hospital Association Annual Membership Meeting offers trustees an excellent opportunity to gain perspectives that will help us continue to advance health in America.

A changing landscape

For all its challenges and complexities, health care transformation also presents tremendous opportunities for hospitals — and their boards.

A Farmer, Teacher and the Consummate Trustee

Trustee Spotlight Name: Edward HatcherOrganization: Grinnell (Iowa) Regional Medical CenterYears on the board: 17

A new health system means new governance

Trustee talking points Integrated hospitals and health systems hope to achieve all of the benefits of scale, in efficiency, quality and scope. Legacy governing board syst

Active board succession

A decade ago, BoardSource, an organization supporting nonprofit boards, developed a well-known list of aspirational principles of governance.

Advocacy and the hospital trustee

Throughout the year, the American Hospital Association urges hospital leaders, including trustees, to advocate with their federal legislators on various issues, including protecting patients f