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Assessing the 'Fit': Using Competencies to Select New Board Members

Bringing new members onto the board has its challenges. In small or rural communities, the pool of potential trustees is often limited, with desirable candidates already serving on multiple boards. Even in bigger urban areas, it sometimes seems the same people rotate on and off the boards of larger community organizations — the Rotary Club, the chamber of commerce, the hospital.
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Assessing the Engagement and Effectiveness of Boards

Conducting a board assessment is one of the most important actions that a board can take to evaluate and better understand trustee engagement and leadership effectiveness.
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Asking Incisive Questions

Deeply held beliefs can blind boards to the true nature of change. It’s time to challenge the orthodoxies. In the early 2000s, the Nokia board debated creating a smartphone. The company’s wireless handset was the global best seller. Management believed consumers would not use a touch screen on a handset.
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Asking the Edgy Questions About the Future

The AHA’s report on Hospitals and Care Systems of the Future is not intended to be one of those think tank documents that’s quickly forgotten when the next hot idea comes along. The report, which the AHA will update periodically to reflect changing conditions, is designed to help leaders engage in active, thoughtful exchanges about their desired delivery system of the future.
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When the Future Finally Arrives: Governing Health Care in 2050

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Behavioral Health Updates

Read complete current and past issues of Behavioral Health Update, a monthly report from the American Hospital Association.
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Artificial Intelligence and the Trustee

The establishment of an organizational partnership with AI, as well as specific health care applications in the clinical arena and operations support.
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Texas hospital program focuses on healthy eating to manage chronic diseases

Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Kaufman is strengthening community wellness through its Healthy Education Lifestyles Program (HELP), an initiative designed to give patients both clinical support and practical health education.
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Are Hospitals and Health Systems Overly Reliant on Community Boards for Community/Consumer Engagement?

Traditional community-based boards in health systems and hospitals have long been the stalwart of health care governance because of their value in connecting health care organizations to the communities they serve.
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Applying a Health Equity Lens to the CHNA Process

At CHRISTUS Health the leadership is committed to ensuring that the CHNA is reflective of the community and its needs and used as a critical guide in informing the system’s health equity goals.