Getting to Great
Principles of Health Care Organization Governance
Published on 1. October 2002
216 pages
978-0-7879-6386-6 (ISBN)
Description
Dennis D. Pointer and James E. Orlikoff, two of the mostexperienced and highly regarded governance consultants in thecountry, have written a definitive guide for health care boardsthat want to maximize their performance and help theirorganizations reach full potential.
Getting to Great presents a set of easily applied principles andbest practices based on a model that has been proven to strengthenhealth care governance. Filled with tools and techniques, thispractical guide includes
* A model of health care governance used by the best health careboards
* Seventy-two governance principles and associated practices andtips on helping the board to use them
* Checkups for assessing a board
* Guidelines for implementing principle-based governance
This guide will be an invaluable resource for health care boardmembers and executives who are committed to investing in theirorganization's future.
Reviews / Votes
"They do not waste time beating around the bush; they jump rightinto the information they are trying to disseminate."(E-Streams, 4/15/03)"Getting to Great meets to any health system's need for asystematic road map to high performing governance. This is ahandbook for leaders who are not willing to settle for anythingless than excellence in their boardroom." --Knox Singleton, president and CEO, and Richard M. Knapp,chairman of the Board of Trustees, INOVA Health System, FallsChurch, Virginia "Getting to Great offers valuable insights on how tomaximize board performance and enlighten governance. Denny Pointerand Jamie Orlikoff's seventy-two principles are must-reads forboards preparing to face tomorrow's challenges andopportunities." --Philip A. Newbold, president and CEO, and Terry L. Gerber, boardchairman, Memorial Health System, South Bend, Indiana "By grounding governance on solid principles, Pointer andOrlikoff provide health care trustees valuable examples of whatworks and, equally important, why. Those of us who serve on boardswill benefit from implementing these principles and measuring ourperformance against them." --Karin Dufault, chair of the board, Providence Health System,Seattle WashingtonMore details
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Dennis D. Pointer | James E. Orlikoff
Getting to Great
Principles of Health Care Organization Governance
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Persons
Dennis D. Pointer is principal of Dennis D. Pointer &Associates and the author of numerous books, including ReallyGoverning, the 1996 winner of the American College of HealthcareExecutives Book of the Year Award. He holds the John J. HanlonChair of Health Care Research and Policy in the Graduate School ofPublic Health at San Diego State University. He is also the AustinRoss Professor, Department of Health Services, School of PublicHealth and Community Medicine, University of Washington(Seattle).
James E. Orlikoff is president of Orlikoff & Associates, Inc.,and the National Advisor on Governance and Leadership to theAmerican Hospital Association and the Health Forum. He is theexecutive director of the American Governance and Leadership Groupand serves as a member of their faculty.
Content
The Authors.
1. Introduction.
2. Board and Governance Basics.
3. Obligations.
4. Functioning: Responsibilities.
5. Functioning: Roles.
6. Structure.
7. Composition.
8. Infrastructure.
9. Implementing Principle-Based Governance.
Appendix A: Sample Board Policies.
Appendix B: Sample Committee Charters.
Appendix C: Sample Governance Principles.
Appendix D: Resources.
Index.
