title: Outside/in. Health care boards look beyond their communities for trustees.
abstract: The practice of recruiting directors from outside the community is changing the face of health care governance. Beyond the skills needed for expanding hospitals and health systems, outsiders can bring to the table an objective perspective that goes beyond the sometimes parochial concerns of community trustees.
authors.forename: G S
authors.initials: GS
authors.lastname: Bilchik
mesh_terms: D006764:Hospitals, Community / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D009936:Organizational Innovation; D010560:Personnel Selection; D014341:Trustees; D014481:United States