Board Work: Governing Health Care Organizations

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