The Trustee Handbook for Health Care Governance

The Trustee Handbook for Health Care Governance, Second Edition, is a completely revised and updated second edition of the classic resource that was created for health care executives and board members who must lead their organizations through the maze of complex and ongoing change. Written by James E. Orlikoff and Mary K. Totten--two experts in the field of health care leadership this hands--on guide shows health care leaders how to strengthen their foundations of governance. Step by step they reveal how boards can focus on the most important issues, gain access to vital information and practical tools, and create effective alliances with other leadership programs. Foreword by Connie R. Curran.

Preface.

About the Authors.

PART ONE: BOARDROOM BASICS.

1 Board Composition and Trustee Selection.

2 Board Job Descriptions.

3 Orientation: Basic Building Blocks of an Effective Board.

PART TWO: BOARD ACCOUNTABILITY.

4 Assessing and Improving Your Community's Health.

5 Board Oversight of Quality.

6 Self-Evaluation: The Mark of Good Governance.

PART THREE: STRATEGIC PLANNING AND INFORMATION.

7 Developing a Community-Focused Mission.

8 Strategic Planning by the Board.

9 Information and the Effective Board.

PART FOUR: BOARD RELATIONS.

10 CEO Evaluation and Compensation.

11 New Relationships with Physicians: An Overview forTrustees.

12 The Board-Physician Relationship: Enhancing LeadershipPotential.

PART FIVE: GOVERNANCE IN THE INTERNET AGE.

13 Stewardship in the New Age.

14 The Role of the Board in the New Health Economy.

15 Information, E-health, and the Board.

PART SIX: THE TRUSTEE AS LEADER.

16 Principle-Based Governance: An Approach to IntegratedLeadership.

17 The Role of the Board Chair.

18 The Board Leader's Role in Building and Maintaining Trust.

PART SEVEN: GOVERNANCE IN TRANSFORMATION.

19 Systems Thinking in Governance.

20 Redesigning Governance for Success.

21 Governing a Conversion Foundation: A Practical Guide forTrustees.

Part Eight: Growing the Best Board.

22 Developing the Individual Trustee.

23 Building Effective Board Committees.

24 Community Representation and the Effective Board.

References.

Index.

James E. Orlikoff is president of Orlikoff and Associates a Chicago-based consulting firm specializing in health care leadership, quality, and risk management. He is executive director of the American Governance and Leadership Group.

Mary K. Totten is president of Totten & Associates, an Oak Park, Illinois-based consulting firm specializing in health careleadership, education, and development.
Orlikoff and Totten have written five books that have been published by the American Hospital Association.

In the past twenty years, the American health care system has undergone fundamental changes, yet despite the whirlwind of radical changes the industry has undergone one truth remains unshakable?effective health care organizations require effective governance.
The Trustee Handbook for Health Care Governance is a completely revised and updated second edition of the classic resource that was created for health care executives and board members who must lead their organizations through the maze of complex and ongoing change. Written by James E. Orlikoff and Mary K. Totten— two experts in the field of health care leadership— this hands-on guide shows health care leaders how to strengthen their foundations of governance. Step by step they reveal how boards can focus on the most important issues, gain access to vital information and practical tools, and create effective alliances with other leadership programs.
The Trustee Handbook for Health Care Governance brings together in one convenient resource twenty-four articles that were originally published in Trustee magazine. Throughout the book, the authors present interactive chapters designed to help boards examine the critical aspects of board accountability. This important resource also shows board members how to focus on their organization's purpose, create a strategy that will lead them into the future, and govern key relationships with their organization's CEO, physicians, and physician leaders.
Health care executives and board members will find this manual a key to building a solid foundation for effective leadership. And to help measure their growth, many chapters contain a self-assessment questionnaire that boards and individual members can use to determine their strengths and weaknesses and identify areas for improvement. The second edition of The Trustee Handbook for Health Care Governance offers health care board members, executives, and leaders a comprehensive resource for effective board governance. Written by two experts in the field of health care leadership, this practical manual is filled with the information and resources needed to help health care board members successfully lead their organizations. The book includes

• A review of the skills, talents, and experience needed to serve on a governing board
• Assessments for determining if members understand their roles and responsibilities as board members
• A systems approach for assessing the health status of the community and making a commitment for its improvement
• Strategies for creating measurable quality improvement within organizations
• A process of self-evaluation for board and individual board members
• A model for the pursuit of excellence for the entire organization
• Methods for evaluating the organization's mission statement
• Suggestions for improving key relationships with CEOs, physicians, and physician groups.