Trustee Handbook for Health Care Governance

James E. Orlikoff is president of Orlikoff and Associates a Chicago-based consulting firm specializing in health care leadership, quality, and risk management. He is executive director of the American Governance and Leadership Group.Mary K. Totten is president of Totten & Associates, an Oak Park, Illinois-based consulting firm specializing in health careleadership, education, and development.Orlikoff and Totten have written five books that have been published by the American Hospital Association.

• Foreword by Connie R. Curran. Preface. About the Authors. PART ONE: BOARDROOM BASICS. 1 Board Composition and Trustee Selection. 2 Board Job Descriptions. 3 Orientation: Basic Building Blocks of an Effective Board. PART TWO: BOARD ACCOUNTABILITY. 4 Assessing and Improving Your Community's Health. 5 Board Oversight of Quality. 6 Self-Evaluation: The Mark of Good Governance. PART THREE: STRATEGIC PLANNING AND INFORMATION. 7 Developing a Community-Focused Mission. 8 Strategic Planning by the Board. 9 Information and the Effective Board. PART FOUR: BOARD RELATIONS. 10 CEO Evaluation and Compensation. 11 New Relationships with Physicians: An Overview forTrustees. 12 The Board-Physician Relationship: Enhancing LeadershipPotential. PART FIVE: GOVERNANCE IN THE INTERNET AGE. 13 Stewardship in the New Age. 14 The Role of the Board in the New Health Economy. 15 Information, E-health, and the Board. PART SIX: THE TRUSTEE AS LEADER. 16 Principle-Based Governance: An Approach to IntegratedLeadership. 17 The Role of the Board Chair. 18 The Board Leader's Role in Building and Maintaining Trust. PART SEVEN: GOVERNANCE IN TRANSFORMATION. 19 Systems Thinking in Governance. 20 Redesigning Governance for Success. 21 Governing a Conversion Foundation: A Practical Guide forTrustees. Part Eight: Growing the Best Board. 22 Developing the Individual Trustee. 23 Building Effective Board Committees. 24 Community Representation and the Effective Board. References. Index.