The Excellent Board: Practical Solutions for Health Care Trustees and Ceos - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1556483090 ISBN 13: 9781556483097

Publisher: Amer Hospital Assn, 2003

Synopsis

A proven resource for hospital trustees and directors who have accepted the responsibility of guiding their institutions to financial success and who regularly make strategic decisions that affect the health, and in some cases the welfare, of their communities.

The Excellent Board is a sourcebook every health care CEO, trustee and director should have on their desks. It contains 48 timely articles covering the key areas they must consider as they fulfill their responsibilities.

The Excellent Board is a collection of Trustee magazine’s best and most practical articles. It covers topics vitally important to a board’s success — board composition, the governance process and trustee education, board/CEO relations, board work, finance, quality, patient safety and strategic planning. These topics comprise the eight parts of the book.

The combination of articles gives new and experienced trustees, as well as board and committee chairs, a firm grounding in what it takes to be an excellent board member and provides direction on how a health care organization can reach the next level of excellence. The Excellent Board provides a thorough understanding of current issues and contains practical guidance and direction on the tools needed for the job.

The Excellent Board is an essential reference that will help health care governing boards achieve their goals as they face an environment where reduced reimbursement, complex technology, staffing conflicts and shortages and an increasing number of uninsured patients have put hospitals’ bottom lines in jeopardy.

The Excellent Board is an investment few health care organizations can afford to neglect.

48 articles packed with advice and counsel for better outcomes in:

• Board Composition

• Governance Process & Trustee Education

• Board/CEO Relations

• Board Work

• Finance

• Quality

• Patient Safety

• Strategic Planning

About this title

From the Publisher

An Excellent Book for

· Governing Board Presidents and members

· CEOs and executive committee members

· Consultants and advisers

· Management educators and students

Review

"Congratulations for compiling the best of the best. It will be a valued trustee resource for years to come." -- Lois B. Green, MPA, education committee chairman, American Hospital Association’s Committee on Governance, February, 2003

"The Excellent Board will become the trustee handbook for both new and seasoned trustees." -- Merrill Gappmayer, chair, Intermountain Health Care, Provo, UT, and member of the board of trustees, American Hospital Association, February, 2003

"This book will go a long way to bringing trustees up to speed on their responsibilities and today’s challenges." -- Sister Mary Roch Rocklage, chairperson of the board, Sisters of Mercy Health System, St. Louis, MO, and past chairperson of the board of trustees, American Hospital Association, February, 2003

"With The Excellent Board, we have a reliable resource to turn to on the challenging issues we continually face." -- Alfred G. Stubblefield, president, Baptist Health Care Corporation, Pensacola, FL, and member of the board of trustees, American Hospital Association, February, 2003

Edition details

• Publisher: Amer Hospital Assn
• Publication date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1556483090
• ISBN 13: 9781556483097
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 453
• Editor: Gardner Karen, Umbdenstock Richard J.