Size, composition, and culture of high-performing hospital boards.
At the national, state, and community levels of American society, there is a growing cry for more accountability and better performance by the governing boards of business firms, institutions of higher learning, and health care organizations. A recently completed study has examined selected aspects of governance in a set of high-performing nonprofit hospitals versus hospitals that are similar in several respects but whose performance is midrange. This article discusses the findings with respect to the boards' size, composition, and culture.
Prybil
Lawrence D
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College of Public Health, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, USA. lawrence-prybil@uiowa.edu
D006075:Governing Board / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006739:Hospital Administration; D006788:Hospitals, Voluntary / Q000458:organization & administration; D006801:Humans; D008330:Management Audit; D015279:Organizational Culture; D014481:United States