"With the right infrastructure, independent physicians in smaller practices can control costs and quality as well as . . . the Mayo Clinic."
Lee B. Sacks, MD, President, Advocate Physician Partners, on the value of clinically integrated physician hospital organizations, in the winter 2009 issue of Great Boards
Great Boards Newsletter
- New! Winter 2009 issue of Breat Boards: "Clinically Integrated Physician Hospital Organizations," plus: "Using E-Governance to Make Board Work Easier"
- Fall 2009 issue of Breat Boards: Does increasing public transparency make a difference? Plus: "Know What You Don't Know," an interview with author Michael A. Roberto
- Summer 2009 issue of Great Boards: New IRS Form 990 -- a compliance matter or a community relations opportunity?
- Spring 2009 issue of Great Boards Newsletter: Interview with Rulon Stacey, CEO of Poudre Valley Health System, winner of the Malcolm Baldrige National Award; The Right Ways to Employ Physicians
- Back issues and reprints from the Great Boards newsletter
- Free subscription
Effective Governance Practices
- New! Who is an Independent Director? (courtesy of The Governance Institute)
- "Drill Baby, Drill" Is Not Appropriate Boardroom Practice (courtesy of The Governance Institute)
- Evaluating and Improving Board Committees, including sample assessment questions for nine common committees
- The System-Subsidiary Relationship in Hospital Governance (courtesy of The Governance Institute)
- Distinguishing governance and management
- Institutional Integrity
- Effective agendas and meetings
- Evaluating individual trustees
Current Topics
What's New
- New! Seven Healthcare Policy Questions for Boards
- New! Webinars from The Governance Institute
- New! Great Boards' Buyer's Guide to Board Portals
- New! Briefing Paper: Board's Role in Mergers and Alliances
- New! The Executive Committee: Uses and Abuses
- New! The Board Quality Committee Goes to Work
- Timely governance news and comments on the Great Boards blog: http://greatboardsblog.wordpress.com/.
- Presentation and retreat topics for 2009
Quality and Patient Safety
- New! The Board Quality Committee Goes to Work
- How PVHS Won the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award for Healthcare: Link to resources
- Differentiating board and committee work on quality
- Engaging your board
- 7 things boards do to improve quality
- Sample charter for a Quality Committee
Finance and Strategic Planning
- Case Studies on how to align with physicians: Aurora Health Care, Guthrie Health, Providence Regional Medical Center Everett, St. John's Health System, and Summa Health System
- Integrating financial and strategic planning
- Sample charter for a Finance Committee
- Sample charter for a Strategic Planning Committee
- What boards should know about physician compensation
- Board's role in strategic planning
- Sample performance dashboard
- Community benefit