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The current healthcare environment is causing boards of many independent hospitals to consider whether to remain freestanding or merge with another hospital or system in order to sustain financial viability, ensure high-quality care, and better address changes due to health reform. This research poll surveyed independent member hospitals to evaluate the issues that keep them up at night and consider where they stand on quality and patient safety efforts, information technology systems, access to capital, physician recruitment and integration, payment and reimbursement plans, and the decision to stay independent or enter into a new partnership. More Info
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The Governance Institute surveyed its members to identify issues they consider important for their boards’ 2004 education agenda. The results will be used, in conjunction with feedback from 2003 Governance Institute Leadership Conference attendees and suggestions from faculty, to develop our 2004 Education Agenda.
Major Categories for Board Education
- Reimbursement
- Physicians/Medical Staff
- Accreditation
- Workforce Challenges
- Finance
- Healthcare Trends
- Advocacy
- Quality and Patient Safety
- Strategic Planning
- Technology
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The organization's bylaws are, as a matter of state law, the document that contains the basic operational structure of the corporation. As a result, bylaws are more detailed than the organization's articles of incorporation or "charter." Bylaws do not need to be filed with the state (as do articles of incorporation).
Organizations typically make their bylaws difficult to amend so that fundamental structures cannot be overturned by majority vote. More Info
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This research poll included questions on a range of topics requested by Governance Institute members and faculty, as well as questions specific to an upcoming white paper on price transparency. More Info
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VHA Georgia's 2008 Summit on Hospital–Physician Business Relationships offered hospitals, physicians, and board leaders guidelines for determining and implementing effective arrangements for aligning hospitals and physicians. The Summit faculty, Nathan Kaufman, Timothy Blanchard, J.D., John Deane, Margaret Hoban, and Anthony D'Eredita reviewed new and pending regulations and considerations that affect existing relationships, and offered suggestions for designing effective, mutually beneficial, and sustainable business arrangements today and in the near future.
Mr. Kaufman, the Summit facilitator, provided the context for a thorough analysis of the provisions of Stark II and Phase III by Mr. Blanchard. Mr. Dean, Ms. Hoban, and Mr. D'Eredita offered specific considerations for clinical integration, EMR implementation, employment compensation models, practice management, revenue cycle management, and governance/management for physician organizations. More Info
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California’s Safe Staffing Law—establishing nurse-to-patient staffing ratios in all California hospitals... More Info
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The Governance Institute surveyed its members in April 2002 to determine the current audit practices for... More Info
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Hospitals and health systems have stepped up efforts to report their organizations’ actions, programs, and results to their various constituencies. The areas of interest include quality performance, pricing, community benefit, and more. Some information reported is mandated by specific constituencies (for example, the federal government or by health insurers), but much is voluntarily offered by organizations. More Info
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During the summer, The Governance Institute conducted a survey specific to the problems affecting public/government-sponsored hospitals. We surveyed our public hospital members and a sample of public hospitals that are not Governance Institute members—asking CEOs to identify and comment on common conditions for their boards that constitute problems or barriers to effective governance. We also asked about policies or practices these boards have adopted to address barriers to effective governance. Three hundred ninety (390) public hospital CEOs received the survey electronically, and 65 responded (17%). More Info
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The final research poll of the year—Odds & Ends—covered the following topics... More Info
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