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Although boards are tasked with overseeing a hospital's performance along many dimensions, the state of emergency care arguably warrants greater attention for four reasons.

Trustees share stories at governance meeting

Hospital workers say the recession may be compromising medication safety.

As health care purchasers look for strategies to both improve the quality of care patients receive and reduce costs, there is increasing interest in examining hospital readmissions.

Support from UHCMC trustees helped spread the Code White program from one unit to all adult units using a dedicated staff of intensive care unit nurses, resulting in a decrease in the hospital’s mortality rate.

Investments in pandemic and public health preparedness during the past several years dramatically improved U.S. readiness for the H1N1 outbreak. But it also found that decades of underfunding meant that many core systems were not ready.

Boards also must be stewards of their hospital's future—establishing the vision for what the hospital must become to continue meeting the community's needs.

New approaches to malpractice claims aim to satisfy patients and physicians.

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

Quality of care is often not a top priority for nonprofit hospital boards.