The following programming is designed to supplement and expand your organization’s orientation and board leader development processes, and to progressively build knowledge, skills and competencies tailored to specific leadership roles, environments and needs. Use the links below to learn more.

 Mission Based Decision Making for Boards Webinar - Register Now
In this workshop, you will learn why mission matters to the health system's key stakeholders. And, you'll understand how easy it is for boards to overlook mission as a vital element of their decision-making. Mission matters. When it is dealt with directly it can serve as a corner stone of the strategic plan. To illustrate this point, participants will be given the opportunity to see the problems a board can encounter when mission was not considered up front during a major decision. Learn More

 Webinar Series Examines Changing Health Care Environment
The Center is pleased to unveil a new series of "in-the-boardroom" education modules to help trustees stay abreast of the latest trends and requirements. "Health Care in Transition: Topics for Trustees" brings to bear the educational expertise of the Center and the policy expertise of the AHA to create dynamic "in-the-boardroom education" on policy and regulatory issues of critical importance. Each 20- to 30-minute program consists of an audio recording with synched slides on one topic, discussion questions for use by the board after viewing the program, and supplemental resources. Learn More

 Mid-Year Retreat Planning
Is your board planning an upcoming retreat? The Center offers customized options for programming with specialists qualified to offer structure, guidance and insight to even the strongest of leadership teams. Learn More

2011 AHA Health Care Governance Survey Report
The Center for Healthcare Governance and the Health Research & Educational Trust (HRET), in partnership with the American Hospital Association and Health Forum, is pleased to share with you our 2011 AHA Health Care Governance Survey Report. This report, which summarizes basic information about the state of hospital and health care governance, builds on three previous surveys of CEOs and trustees conducted in 1989, 1997 and 2005. This year’s survey includes additional questions focused on the topics of competency-based selection and evaluation, board culture, and how well the board reflects the diversity of its community. Purchase

Journey to High Value Healthcare: The Board's Role in Clinical Transformation
As American health care delivery transitions to a value-based model, transformation leadership will be needed within each organization to create the health system of the future. This monograph provides a guide for boards and the health care C-Suite as they align strategies, decision-making tools, processes, information technology and people to build new organizational capacity for clinical transformation. This publication defines the role of the board in overseeing this transition and explores the concept of an Information Technology (IT) Committee of the board. Read More | Purchase

Competency-Based Governance Tool Kit
In 2009 the Blue Ribbon Panel on Trustee Core Competencies, convened by the AHA's Center for Healthcare Governance and the Health Research & Educational Trust with funding from Hospira, issued its report recommending two sets of core competencies for board members of hospitals and health systems. The panel also suggested that tools and resources should be developed to help boards apply these competencies to a variety of board practices. Read More | Purchase

Competency-Based Governance Enters the Health Care Boardroom
This monograph describes competency-based governance and explains the processes and resources developed by the Blue Ribbon Panel Work Group to help boards integrate competencies into their work. It is intended as an introduction to the Competency-Based GovernanceTool Kit, a comprehensive resource that includes all of the tools developed by the Work Group and provides guidance for implementing them. Read More | Purchase

2011 AHA Environmental Scan
The 2011 American Hospital Association Environmental Scan provides insight and information about market forces that have a high probability of affecting the health care field. It is designed to help hospital and health system leaders better understand the health care landscape and the critical issues and the emerging trends their organizations will likely face in the foreseeable future. The 2011 AHA Environmental Scan foldout is compiled from more than 35 nationally recognized sources with recommendations from select AHA governance committees. Read More

• Complete Monograph List
• Governance in High-Performing Health Systems: A Report on Trustee and CEO Views

 Quality Curriculum for Trustees

"We could not be more pleased with the feedback from the hospital trustees who have completed the program. The extensive and inclusive process used to develop the curriculum, pilot the program and customize it to each participating hospital’s board was well worth the effort. We now have a terrific program that will prepare hospital trustees to take an active role in monitoring and overseeing improvement in the quality of care delivered by hospitals."

- Karen S. Nelson, MPA, RN, Sr. Vice President of Clinical Affairs, Massachusetts Hospital Association

 Learn more about the Quality Curriculum for Trustees and the Board Quality Education Self Assessment Tool