Four critical areas in governance.
How well hospitals weather today's increasingly stormy environment depends upon the performance of their trustees in handling four essential areas of governance: strategic planning, financing, quality assurance, and community relations. This article considers, for each of these areas, the responsibilities of trustees, the problems they face in meeting their responsibilities, and some ways of dealing with these problems.
D003159:Community-Institutional Relations; D005377:Financial Management, Hospital; D006075:Governing Board; D006752:Hospital Planning / Q000458:organization & administration*; D010934:Planning Techniques; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care; D014481:United States