AHAP name change update - March 2007
As a result of a potential trademark conflict with the Association for Healthcare Accreditation Professionals, the Association for Healthcare Administrative Professionals has agreed to discontinue use of the AHAP acronym. Since the Association for Healthcare Accreditation Professionals has a pending trademark registration for the AHAP mark, membership is likewise urged to discontinue use of the AHAP acronym in any correspondence, e-mails or other communication or documents relating to the Association for Healthcare Administrative Professionals. We will be communicating further with membership regarding an alternative designation for our Association.

Better CEO-Board Relations: Practical Advice for a Successful Partnership

Among all the duties health care boards must oversee and execute, none is more critical to the organization’s long-term success than the working relationship with the CEO. It has the greatest impact on the board’s ability to fulfill its fiduciary duty and mission to the community. This book provides examples of how to create, sustain and evolve that relationship   to become the kind of forward-thinking leadership team that encourages new ideas and challenging debate. The best boards and CEOs function as a synergistic team, striking an optimal balance between setting and executing organizational policy. This book can help you create thatsynergy, find that balance and improve communication between the board and the CEO, learn how to brainstorm innovations, change unproductive patterns, and habits, and foster new levels of mutual trust and respect.

Better CEO-Board Relations has gathered 15 of the best recent articles from Trustee magazine, covering the CEO-board life cycle, from CEO recruitment to executive compensation, and addressing communication, leadership and the board chair-CEO relationship along the way. You’ll not only benefit from the perspectives of many health care governance and leadership experts, but also find advice that applies to the particular issues and challenges facing your board.

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Building A Bolder Board–– and Learning To Like It - January 2007

By Terese Hudson Thrall - HHN

In today’s complex and closely scrutizined health care environment, trustees must bring expertise and independence to their roles. That’s good for hospitals and for CEOs.

The extreme pressure that not-for-profit hospitals are under requires a new playbook for their boards—they need to be involved in strategic issues and they need to lend their expertise in ways that will improve operations.  (more)

10 patient safety tips for hospitals - January 2007
Medical errors can occur at many points in the health care system, particularly in hospitals. The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) has funded more than 100 patient safety projects since 2001. Many of the findings can immediately be put into practice in hospitals by following 10 simple tips.(more)