Healthcare has three pillars: It needs to be accessible. It needs to be affordable. It has to be of high quality.

Ultimately, the responsibility for all three of these areas rests with the organization’s management committee. It is the top management that sets strategy, manages and executes. But the job of the board is to set the tone, set priorities and clearly communicate those goals.

The American Hospital Association just completed the responses to its well-respected governance survey and plans to release its results in the fourth quarter. Its most recent survey, which surveyed hospital CEOs in the spring of 2018 and released in 2019, showed little progress on board diversity, noting concerns about good governance and that board practices are not changing fast enough to keep up The fast-moving and extremely complex healthcare industry.

That was before the global pandemic.

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The unprecedented demands placed on healthcare organizations over the past two years require strong, engaged boards to navigate new areas and develop policies that not only address current events but also shape a healthy environment for patients, employees, organizations and their communities. future.

That’s why Modern Healthcare called for nominations for its rebranded Excellence in Governance Awards program late last year.

this year’s class 14 winners profiled addresses the myriad challenges facing healthcare organizations of all sizes: the need to improve work/life balance for all employees, delivering healthcare to disenfranchised rural communities, developing new models of care to address costs, and improving medical schools Chance.

They also prioritized turning Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, and Environmental, Social and Governance from popular acronyms into real initiatives.

Recognize Modern Healthcare’s Governance Excellence in 2022.