American College of Healthcare Executives 2000 James A. Hamiltonbook of the year award Written by Dennis Pointer and James Orlikoff, two of the mostexperienced and highly regarded governance consultants in thecountry, Board Work presents a practical model focusing onthose factors that most affect board performance. Rich withprescriptive information, practical ideas, assessment tools, andexamples, Pointer and Orlikoff provide the expert coaching boardsneed to do their best work and add value to theirorganizations. Based on the authors' forty years of combined experience, thiseye-opening book arms boards with tools and techniques tosignificantly enhance their performance and contributions. Pointerand Orlikoff forward concrete recommendations for implementingbenchmark governance systems and practices, creating the essentialguide for those who want to make a real difference on behalf ofcommunities they serve. "This is the best book on health care organization governanceI have ever read." --Stephen Shortell, Blue Cross of California DistinguishedProfessor of Health Policy and Management, University ofCalifornia, Berkeley

Board Work: Governing Health Care Organizations

Pointer, Dennis D.

Orlikoff, James E.

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Jossey-Bass

While boards acknowledge they bear ultimate responsibility and accountability for their organizations' affairs, governance quality is often far from optimal. The High- Performance Board offers pragmatic and candid advice about what your board must do to maximize performance and contributions. The authors provide sixty-four principles designed to help your board achieve peak performance. They describe every principle in detail and present best practices and practical applications for each one. Each section of the book concludes with a board check-up-a set of questions that can be used to assess your board in light of the principles. A quick read for busy board members, this book is the ultimate board "drivers' manual."

The High-Performance Board: Principles of Nonprofit Organization Governance (Jossey-Bass Nonprofit and Public Management Series)

Business & Money

Management & Leadership

Health care industry board members are called upon to make decisions that have an enormous effect on their organizations, medical staffs, employees, and their communities. To be effective, they must understand context; the health care industry's structure and dynamics The Health Care Industry offers board members a comprehensive resource that clearly explains how health services are organized, financed, and provided. This much-needed resource contains a wealth of information and 
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<li>Explains board responsibilities</li> <li>Describes organizations that provide health services such as ambulatory care facilities, physician practices, hospitals, nursing homes, home health agencies, health systems and public health agencies</li> <li>Clarifies how money moves through the system: insurance, health plans, Medicare, Medicaid and HMOs.</li> <li>Describes the characteristics and training of health professionals including physicians, nurses, dentists, pharmacists, chiropractors, and physicians assistants</li> <li>Provides a glossary of health care terms, concepts, and acronyms</li> </ul>

The Health Care Industry: A Primer for Board Members

Medical Books

Williams, Stephen J.

Administration & Medicine Economics

"Finally! The book that all health care board members needed but were afraid to ask for! Those dark days of staring at incomprehensible numbers during board meetings, of nervous nodding when their financially-literate brethren make comments or ask questions, of voting on things that they do not understand are gone! This book is long overdue and should be read by every trustee who is not a finance professional." --James E. Orlikoff, president, Orlikoff &amp; Associates, Inc. and executive director, American Governance &amp; Leadership Group 
Accounting for $1.4 trillion in expenditures (13.7 percent of gross domestic product), health care is one of the nation's largest and fastest growing industries. This concise, expertly written primer on health care organization finance is a nuts and bolts guide to what has become every hospital's most sensitive topic. Health care organization board members must possess basic financial competence to govern effectively. This book will help them acquire, easily and painlessly, the basic financial literacy essential for discharging their roles and fulfilling their fiduciary duties.

Essentials of Health Care Organization Finance: A Primer for Board Members

Stillman, Dennis M.

A text for students who want to understand a critical component of health service organizations. It shows how the quality of governance can have a significant impact on the performance of a health care system or hospital and how to accomplish a level of quality.

Really Governing: How Health System and Hospital Boards Can Make More of a Difference

Ewell, Charles M.

Delmar Pub