Articles by Mary K. Totten

Scorecards that measure health system performance against established metrics have become an increasingly common and useful tool in the trustee's governance toolbox.

Boards successfully mentoring to build trustee competency.

Hospitals and health departments can collaborate on community health needs assessments

As health care continues on a rapid path to transformation, governing boards are being held to increasingly higher levels of accountability and transparency.

Now is the time for all boards to ask themselves fundamental questions.

Now that the Affordable Care Act has been upheld, it appears that the American health care delivery system is about to embark on unprecedented change.

Bringing new members onto the board has its challenges.

Members of a health care organization's board are responsible for governing in ways that help fulfill their organization's mission.

Much has been written about our nation's health care organizations' grappling with forces that demand new delivery and payment models focused on more accountable, value-driven care.

The recent economic crisis, coupled with weekly headlines about one company after another demonstrating poor corporate governance choices, led investors and corporate watchdogs to blame boards of directors for lessthan-expected company performance.

A hospital and its board can only be effective if they maintain the trust of those the organization serves.

Hospital board responsibility for overseeing physician compensation is increasing.

Health care organization trusteeship is getting more complicated as pressures to improve quality and safety, reduce costs, increase transparency and accountability, and use changing and evermore-expensive technology converge.