Board Training and Strategic Planning
Hospital trustees are typically individuals with little or no experience in the health care industry, but who bring other strengths and experience to help guide hospital policy development and strategic planning. Board training or leadership development should focus on their gaps in knowledge about their roles and responsibilities, governance issues, mission and planning, financial, reimbursement, and quality improvement issues that most hospitals face. Strategic planning is critical to any institutions' future and governing boards are one of the key players determining the future direction and success of their hospital. Planning sessions should include a review of what is know or an environmental assessment, identification of critical issues, a review of mission and vision to ensure continued relevancy, the development of goals, objectives, and action plans, and a process to review progress and ensure accountability.
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