title: This is a test. Exams for governance boards on quality measures could be a way to improve care, accountability in hospitals.
abstract: Hospital board members have little or no training on quality or safety issues and a spotty record of oversight in those areas, a new study published by Health Affairs has found. Many are convinced that boards have a big role to play in improving quality and safety, and that by focusing on those issues, they can spark change. "I think it's a question of calling it out. It's all laid out and everybody sees it", says former MedStar Chairman E. F. Shaw Wilgis, left.
authors.forename: Melanie
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Evans
mesh_terms: D003625:Data Collection; D006075:Governing Board; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care; D019984:Quality Indicators, Health Care; D012941:Social Responsibility; D014481:United States