Articles by Cynthia Hedges Greising

Board members can help identify potential partner organizations and the assets they bring to the table to improve population health.

A new AHA guide outlines a process for realigning existing partners and identifying new ones to build sustainable and effective relationships outside a health system.

Awareness of the external environment, identifying key initiatives and more factor into financial integrity as the status quo changes.

A recent survey reveals leaders' concerns about capability gaps

Cheyenne Regional's board of trustees and senior leaders have successfully navigated the changing health care landscape by focusing on a mission aligned with the Triple Aim and partnering with community and state organizations to lead population health initiatives.

Moving to a value-based system focused on reducing costs and improving quality, hospitals and health systems need to be more proactive and strategic in reaching out to patient populations beyond the hospital's walls — to manage and improve population health.

Multiple, intersecting environmental forces will drive the transformation of health care delivery and financing over the next decade.

At AHMC Anaheim Regional Medical Center, a team of quality services staff, clinicians and managers, with support from administrators and trustees, turned around a downward trend in performance on clinical quality measures.

As many as 11 different parties can be held accountable or hold others accountable in health care

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.