HRET study examines roles of hospital governing boards
According to a study in the August issue of Health Services Research, hospital governing boards can be categorized based on their level of activity in three critical areas: mission and strategy setting, performance evaluation and oversight, and external relations. “The system of classification, or taxonomy, developed by the study is useful because it gives policy makers, health care executives and researchers a framework for understanding and discussing how boards spend their time and the emphasis they place on different governance functions,” said John Combes, M.D., president of the Center for Healthcare Governance and interim president of the Health Research & Educational Trust.
HRET conducted the study with researchers from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and University of Michigan at Ann Arbor. Previous studies have categorized governing boards by structural characteristics, such as size or composition. HRET and the Center for Healthcare Governance are AHA affiliates.
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