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Four ways to make the transition a success

Hospital trustees feel a moral responsibility to provide long-serving CEOs with a reasonable and adequate retirement benefit.

Hospital CEO turnover increased in 2009 to 18 percent nationwide, up from 14 percent in 2008.

Hospitals can be left reeling when C-level executives depart unexpectedly. How effectively the facility recovers is dictated by the actions of trustees and the remaining executive team over the next 48 hours.

Rural CEOs who lead two or even three hospitals juggle multiple sets of staff, trustees and challenges

Having a patient share his or her story at a board meeting changes the dynamic in the room.

While physicians are essential to hospital quality improvement efforts, competing time and financial pressures are hurdles to their participation.