For any trustee or CEO involved with the demands of health care boards, we're pleased to present a series of insightful books developed exclusively to address your special concerns. In each of these four guides you'll find three informative workbooks previously published in Trustee, the magazine for governing board members of health care organizations. These resourceful guides cover a series of important topics and provide trustees and management with the proven strategies necessary to operate effectively. Each book includes topic overviews, discussion questions, exercises, tips and self-assessment questionnaires. Comprehensive and to the point, these guides are a must-read for trustees challenged by the demands of the contemporary health care environment.

"Finally! The book that all health care board members needed but were afraid to ask for! Those dark days of staring at incomprehensible numbers during board meetings, of nervous nodding when their financially-literate brethren make comments or ask questions, of voting on things that they do not understand are gone! This book is long overdue and should be read by every trustee who is not a finance professional." --James E. Orlikoff, president, Orlikoff & Associates, Inc. and executive director, American Governance & Leadership Group Accounting for $1.4 trillion in expenditures (13.7 percent of gross domestic product), health care is one of the nation's largest and fastest growing industries. This concise, expertly written primer on health care organization finance is a nuts and bolts guide to what has become every hospital's most sensitive topic. Health care organization board members must possess basic financial competence to govern effectively. This book will help them acquire, easily and painlessly, the basic financial literacy essential for discharging their roles and fulfilling their fiduciary duties.

For any trustee or CEO involved with the demands of health care boards, we're pleased to present a series of insightful books developed exclusively to address your special concerns. In each of these four guides you'll find three informative workbooks previously published in Trustee, the magazine for governing board members of health care organizations. These resourceful guides cover a series of important topics and provide trustees and management with the proven strategies necessary to operate effectively. Each book includes topic overviews, discussion questions, exercises, tips and self-assessment questionnaires. Comprehensive and to the point, these guides are a must-read for trustees challenged by the demands of the contemporary health care environment. The Trustee Handbook for Health Care Governance is a hardcover edition of all four guides bound together. It is designed for librarians and executives who want all four guides in one handy reference.

The Trustee Handbook for Health Care Governance, Second Edition, is a completely revised and updated second edition of the classic resource that was created for health care executives and board members who must lead their organizations through the maze of complex and ongoing change. Written by James E. Orlikoff and Mary K. Totten--two experts in the field of health care leadership this hands--on guide shows health care leaders how to strengthen their foundations of governance. Step by step they reveal how boards can focus on the most important issues, gain access to vital information and practical tools, and create effective alliances with other leadership programs.

With the myriad changes in the way health care is delivered, members of the governing boards of hospitals and other health care organizations are faced with unparalleled challenges. Their role calls for knowledgeable decision-making during turbulent times and in the face of dramatic change. Welcome to the Board! helps governing boards address the question of how to orient new board members and keep seasoned members well informed of the latest trends in health care and boardsmanship. With case examples, checklists, discussion points, and suggestions for additional reading, Welcome to the Board! offers a concise, straightforward, and affordable way to keep trustees up to date on: The evolution of health care governance The health care system, and how it is run The fundamental structure, organization, and mission of a hospital Board responsibilities Individual trustee responsibilities Board and committee structures Board operations Plus, a glossary to help trustees navigate through commonly used terms related to medicine, finance, and insurance Welcome to the Board! has been designed to serve as a cornerstone of trustee education; and veteran trustees and novices alike will find it provides a solid foundation as boards and their members evolve to meet health care's future.

For any trustee or CEO involved with the demands of health care boards, we're pleased to present a series of insightful books developed exclusively to address your special concerns. In each of these four guides you'll find three informative workbooks previously published in Trustee, the magazine for governing board members of health care organizations. These resourceful guides cover a series of important topics and provide trustees and management with the proven strategies necessary to operate effectively. Each book includes topic overviews, discussion questions, exercises, tips and self-assessment questionnaires. Comprehensive and to the point, these guides are a must-read for trustees challenged by the demands of the contemporary health care environment.