Governance for Health Care Providers: The Call to Leadership

ISBN-13: 9781420078534 / Angielski / Twarda / 2008 / 344 str.

David B. Nash;William J. Oetgen;Valerie P. Pracilio

Opis

Medical professionals who serve on the boards of private, nonprofit institutions often do so with much more diligence than knowledge. Very little material exists to cover the range of issues that are so vital at a time when health care institutions face patient overloads, budget shortages, and calls for reform. Written by leading health care advocates and authorities, Governance for Health Care Providers: The Call to Leadership provides health care board members with a comprehensive, thoughtful, and disciplined review across areas that are critical to contemporary health care governance. Covers a full range of inter-related topics from staff compensation to the practitioner board member s role in the recruitment and stewardship of donors Readily accessible and exceptionally well-organized, this resource provides essential materials needed by physicians, nurses, and other health care professionals to fulfill their expanded and often unanticipated responsibilities as trustees. It helps define the functions of board members and summarizes the problems that they are most likely to face. The book covers finance, compliance, funding, and strategic planning issues, and also examines legal duties, current trends in quality, conflicts of interest, corporate structure, and governance best practices. Designed to help the practitioner board member find his or her place at the table, this volume is an indispensable guide for all medical institution boards, providing a comprehensive overview of the key components of board oversight and presenting recommendations to prepare for governance in a future that promises rapid change. "

Spis treści

Introduction. Non-profit Organizations. Duties and Responsibilities of Directors. Quality of Care. Professionals Affairs. Finance. Auditing, Compliance, and Reporting. Legal Issues. Executive Compensation. Philanthropy. Strategic Planning. Governance. Future of Health Care Boards.

O autorze

<p>David Nash is the Dr. Raymond C. and Doris N. Grandon Professor and Chairman of the Department of Health Policy at Jefferson Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia. Jefferson is one of a handful of medical schools in the nation with an endowed professorship in health policy. Dr. Nash, a board-certified internist, founded the original Office of Health Policy in 1990. From 1996 to 2003, he served as the first associate dean for health policy at Jefferson Medical College. In 2004, he was named codirector of the master’s program in public health at Jefferson, and was named as a finalist in the 15th Annual Discover Awards for Innovation in Public Health by Discover magazine.</p> <p>William J. Oetgen received his undergraduate degree in psychology at Marquette University in 1969. He was a cum laude graduate of St. Louis University School of Medicine, where he was elected into Alpha Omega Alpha, the national medical honor society. He served his internship and pediatrics residency at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, D.C. He subsequently completed his internal medicine residency at Walter Reed and volunteered to serve at the U.S. Army Hospital, Seoul, Korea, as an internist and flight surgeon. Completing his tour in Korea, Dr. Oetgen returned to Walter Reed for his fellowship in cardiovascular medicine. Dr. Oetgen was director of the coronary care unit at Walter Reed, and he completed his active-duty Army service as assistant chief of the cardiology service in 1986. He retired as a colonel in the U.S. Army Reserve in 1999.</p>