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Position Description for a Health System or Hospital Board Member
Position Descriptions
A duty of obedience to the charitable purpose of the organization, a duty that should be demonstrable in all the board’s decisions.
A duty of loyalty, to act based on best interests of the organization and the wider community it serves, not the narrow interests of an individual or stakeholder group. A duty of care, to be diligent in carrying out the work of the board by preparing for meetings, attending faithfully, participating in discussions, asking questions, making sound and independent business judgments, and seeking independent opinions when necessary.
Position Description for a Board Chairperson
Position Descriptions
Leadership. Guides and directs the governance process, centering the work of the board on the organization’s mission, vision and strategic direction.
Position Description for a Chair-Elect
Trustee Articles
From time to time as provided in the bylaws, the Board may designate the Vice Chairperson as a Chair-Elect. In such cases, the Chair-Elect’s responsibilities go beyond the usual role of a Vice Chair to lead the board in the Chairperson’s absence. The responsibilities of a Chair Elect include...
Committees: The Key to Generative Governance
Trustee Articles
High-performing boards across the country have made great strides in enhancing their effectiveness and efficiency.
Does your board need an attendance policy?
Trustee Articles
Spotty attendance at board and committee meetings used to be little more than a chronic nuisance, but with governance standards rising, boards are getting more serious about attendance. When a third or more of board seats are vacant or a few members are habitually absent, how can the board be fully informed, raise tough questions and reach independent conclusions as a group?
Good Governance Policies in the Post-Enron Environment
Trustee Articles
The governance challenges raised in the post-Enron environment are motivating many boards and their general counsels to draft new board policies and tighten up existing ones.
Board Communications on the Fast Track
Trustee Articles
Hospital boards are beginning to take best practice cues from their corporate counterparts and modernize their communication methods by adopting board portals. A board portal is a secure “host”— i.e., an online storage system for managing trustee communications.
How to Develop Board Goals
Trustee Articles
Many governing boards are frustrated because most board meetings and committee meeting agendas are so full of both important and routine business that little time is left over for interactive discussion and questions concerning highly significant or future-oriented strategy and policy issues.
Governance Policy Statement on Distinguishing Policy from Operations
Trustee Articles
Are You Prepared to Meet Today’s Governance Challenges? Serving on a community hospital or health care system board in today’s challenging environment takes more than the desire to fulfill a fiduciary duty.
Supporting High-Performing Boards: Is It Time for Dedicated Governance Leadership?
Trustee Articles
Some 66 percent of U.S. hospitals are now part of health systems, according to 2016 survey data from the American Hospital Association. As systems continue to grow in scope and complexity, their governance often follows suit.