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Governance Policy Statement on Distinguishing Policy from Operations
Board Policies
To clarify the difference between the board’s policy making responsibilities and management’s operational responsibilities.
Current High-Performance Governance Practices Tool
Board Checklists
For boards to participate in shaping their new organization, they must be currently performing at an extremely high level. The following is a list of four practices that hospital and health system boards must be engaged in today, in order to be successful in the future.
Current High-Performance Governance Practices
Board Checklists
For boards to participate in shaping their new organization, they must be currently performing at an extremely high level. The following is a list of four practices that hospital and health system boards must be engaged in today, in order to be successful in the future.
Policy on Board Composition and Recruitment
Board Policies
Governance responsibilities today are so significant that board members must bring more than commitment to the mission and interest in serving. As William Bowen writes, every trustee should bring a “specific competence or experience needed on the board.” This sample provides a board policy statement on competency-based recruitment, election and re-election of board members. Use it to customize a
process for your board.
Boardroom Brief: How Boards Can Support Workforce Behavioral Health
This document, developed by AHA Trustee Services and AHA’s Behavioral Health teams, intends to educate and raise awareness for trustees about suicide prevention and the role that hospital and health system boards can play in this very important public health issue.
Boardroom Brief: How Boards Contribute to a Safe Workplace and Community
This brief intends to raise awareness about violence as a public health issue and provides resources for boards to work with hospital and health system leaders to build safer workplaces and communities.
Board Self Evaluation
Evaluations and Assessments
Regular board self-evaluation is integral to effective governance. Use the questions in the attachment to assess whether your board is getting maximum mileage from its self-evaluation process.
Board Quality and Safety Committee Orientation: Sample Agenda
Samples Agendas
How well boards govern is influenced by a number of factors, among them, the knowledge and skills board members bring to their work.
Board Policy Manuals
Board Policies
Board policies do various things. Some describe how important processes, such as board self evaluation and CEO evaluation, are carried out. Other policies address standards of conduct such as a conflict of interest policy. Still others clarify delegations of authority such as the levels of authority granted to subsidiary boards, board committees and the CEO.
Board Evaluation Process Overview
Evaluations and Assessments
The attached resource is intended to be an example that boards should adapt to meet their individual needs.