Hospital and health system board members face increasing challenges, with healthcare reform and other laws demanding improved accountability and efficiency. This handbook reveals the secrets of effective board structure and function, including responsibilities of board members, term limits, recruiting new members, and working with the CEO. Other aspects of a board's work, including monitoring quality, providing financial oversight, and completing a self-assessment process, are also covered. Sample forms and documents, a glossary of common healthcare terms, and a conflict of interest policy are included. Board members, regardless of their expertise, will find this handbook easy to navigate.
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Healthcare Governance: A Guide for Effective Boards, Second Edition
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- Cover
- Half Title Page
- Title page
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- Preface
- Chapter One: Basic Responsibilities of a Board and Its Members
- Chapter Two: How to Operate Your Board
- Chapter Three: How to Build Your Board
- Chapter Four: How to Work with the CEO
- Chapter Five: How to Ensure Quality Care
- Chapter Six: How to Provide Fiscal Oversight
- Chapter Seven: How to Work with the Community
- Chapter Eight: The Board and Nonconventional Medicine
- Epilogue
- Appendix One: Sample Conflict of Interest Policy
- Appendix Two: Sample Conflict of Interest Disclosure Statement
- Appendix Three: Sample Board Member Performance Appraisal, Short Version
- Appendix Four: Sample Board Member Performance Appraisal, Long Version
- Appendix Five: Sample CEO Employment Contract
- Appendix 6: CEO Separation Agreement
- Appendix 7: Common Healthcare Abbreviations and Definitions
- About the Author
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