Center Voices

Center Voices are educational articles the Center publishes in Trustee magazine pertaining to ongoing and emerging issues in health care and governance..  Past editions of Center Voices are archived here for the benefit of our members.  As a members-only resource, they are accessible only to members using the pre-assigned username and password provided by the Center.

Center Voices 2010

• July/August Center Voices 2010
  Reform, Investor Scrutiny and Succession Planning Imperatives
  
  
• June Center Voices 2010
  Bringing Stability to Governance
  
  
• May Center Voices 2010
  The Board’s Role in Managing a Crisis
  
  
• April Center Voices 2010
  Improving Quality Through Physician Engagement
  
  
• March Center Voices 2010
  Making Board Meetings Strategic
  
  
• February Center Voices 2010
  Cultural Transformation: The Buck Starts with the Board
  
  
• January Center Voices 2010
  What’s Next for Governance?

Center Voices 2009

• November/December Center Voices 2009
  Electronic Health Records and the Board’s Connection
  
  
• October Center Voices 2009
  Effective Boards Begin with Effective Board Members
  
  
• September Center Voices 2009
  The Board’s Role in Technology Advancement
  
  
• July/August Center Voices 2009
  Strategy and Stakeholder Relations: Risk or Reward?
  
  
• June Center Voices 2009
  Why Boards Must Match CEO Competencies with Strategic Priorities
  
  
• May Center Voices 2009
  Board Engagement in Risk Oversight
  
  
• April Center Voices 2009
  Choosing Board Members Based on Competency
  
  
• March Center Voices 2009
  Writing 'Fatal Care: Survive in the U.S. Health System
  
  
• February Center Voices 2009
  High-Performing Boards Can Lead to CEO Success
  
  
• January Center Voices 2009
  Capitol Project Success Depends on Strong Board Oversight
   

Center Voices 2008

• November/December Center Voices 2008
  Be An Advocate for Your Community
  
  
• October Center Voices 2008
  Building CEO-Board Relationships That Last
  
  
• September Center Voices 2008
  Strategic Resource Allocation
  
  
• July/August Center Voices 2008
  The New IRS Form 990 and Schedule H: What Trustees Need to Know
  
  
• June Center Voices 2008
  Hospitalists and Physician Leadership
  
  
• May Center Voices 2008
  The Essential Role of Boards in Executive Succession
  
  
• April Center Voices 2008
  Board Communications on the Fast Track
  
  
• March Center Voices 2008
  Rural Hospitals: A Different Take on Conflict of Interest
  
  
• February Center Voices 2008
  Mission Critical: Quality Oversight
  
  
• January Center Voices 2008
  Exercising Your Executive Session Privilege
  

Center Voices 2007

• November/December Center Voices 2007
  Bonding with Physicians: Hospitals and IT Donations
  
  
• October Center Voices 2007
  It's More Show Than Tell for New Board Members
  
  
• September Center Voices 2007
  Quality and Patient Safety: Governance at the Crossroads
  
  
• July/August Center Voices 2007
  Hiring an Interim CEO
  
  
• June Center Voices 2007
  Separating Fads from Facts
  
  
• May Center Voices 2007
  Better Governance Begins with Greater Board Diversity
  
  
• April Center Voices 2007
  Beyond Governance Reform: The Road to Exceptional Governance
  
  
• March Center Voices 2007
  Developing a Physician-Hospital Alignment Plan
  
  
• February Center Voices 2007
  Answering the Call for Exceptional Governance
  
  
• January Center Voices 2007
  Board Orientation: A Continuing Process

Center Voices 2006

• November/December Center Voices 2006
  Philanthropy: A New/Old Board Responsibility
  
  
• October Center Voices 2006
  The Business Case for Building Better Hospitals
  
  
• September Center Voices 2006
  Self-Evaluation: The Foundation for Board Improvement
  
  
• July/August Center Voices 2006
  The Board’s Role in Strategic Planning
  
  
•  June Center Voices 2006
  Assessing the IT Health of Your Hospital
  
  
• May Center Voices 2006
  Hospitals, Physicians and Information Technology
  
  
• April Center Voices 2006
  We’re Listening: A Center Progress Report
  
  
• March Center Voices 2006
  Information Technology Stewardship
  
  
• February Center Voices 2006
  Consumer Demands are Changing Care Delivery
  
  
• January Center Voices 2006
  Governance Challenges in the Year Ahead

Center Voices 2005

• November/December Center Voices 2005
  Good Governance Includes Clinician Participation
  
  
• October Center Voices 2005
  Why Should You Develop a Medical Staff Plan?
  
  
• September Center Voices 2005
  Criteria for Selecting Physician Trustees
  
  
• July/August Center Voices 2005
  Through the Eyes of a Physician Trustee:
  An Interview with Paula Y. Arnell, M.D.