Healthcare Transformation: A Guide for the Health System Board Member

The purpose of this book is to offer health system board members an actionable, concise guide on their role as well as provide updates on key changes in health care delivery, including evidence and contemporary examples.

The goal is for any board member to have an opportunity to not only be literate in healthcare, but to be supportive and engaged in the transformation of their organization and the industry towards improving health. Hospital and Health system board members, regardless of their experience and expertise, are challenged with keeping pace with healthcare performance and strategy. Surveys continue to show that this is not their comfort level, given healthcare complexity and the rate of recent change and targets for transformation. The aim of this book is to keep the guide concise so that all board members can become fairly literate on the major issues, with an emphasis on recent updates in healthcare, for today and the future.

This is an ideal book for new board members for their orientation to the Board and for all board members to use to have a knowledge base and a set of questions to facilitate their engagement on these important issues. Much has changed since the initial printing of Healthcare Transformation in 2009, and this 2nd edition provides updated resources and more contemporary examples and lessons for both new and seasoned board members. This edition updates all chapters and provides 3 new transformers/chapters to consider.

Maulik Joshi, Dr.P.H. is the President and CEO of Meritus Health. Meritus Health includes the proposed Meritus School of Osteopathic Medicine and Meritus Medical Center. Dr. Joshi has a Doctorate in Public Health from the University of Michigan. Dr. Joshi has authored a combination of over fifty peer-reviewed articles, commentaries, books and perspectives. Maulik serves on numerous Boards within and outside of healthcare.

Aaron George, DO, is Associate Dean for Clinical Education for the Proposed Meritus School of Osteopathic Medicine. He holds a medical degree from the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine in Philadelphia his residency in family medicine from Duke University Medical Center in Durham, North Carolina. Dr. George is an author and speaker on population health, medical education, and physician leadership development throughout the spectrum of clinical training.