title: Hospital finance: what every board needs to know.
abstract: While your finance committee may handle the most complicated issues, everyone on the board needs a basic understanding of hospital finance in order to be responsible and accountable to the hospital's stakeholders. The consequences of financial ignorance or carelessness can be disastrous.
authors.forename: Jan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Greene
mesh_terms: D002201:Capital Expenditures; D016542:Chief Executive Officers, Hospital; D005377:Financial Management, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006075:Governing Board; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D010934:Planning Techniques; D014707:Vermont