Center for Healthcare Governance

Welcome to the Center for Healthcare Governance

Backed by the knowledge and resources of the American Hospital Association, the Center for Healthcare Governance (Center) provides state-of-the-art education, research, publications, services, tools, and other governance resources to help you achieve and maintain consistency and excellence throughout your governance program. Our community is dynamic and diverse, representing board members, executives, and governance advisors who are nationally recognized as the foremost voices in the practice of hospital and health system governance. We all share a common goal: to advocate and support excellence, innovation and accountability in health care governance. Learn more about becoming a member.

New from the Center

  • Center News & Updates

    New Center report examines governance practices of effective community health partnerships

  • Great Boards

    Board Education: Raising the Bar

  • Center Voices

    Coaching for Results

  • Monograph

    Effective Governance in Systems

  • Trustee Workbook

    Women in Governance: A Savvy Strategy for Advancing Community Health

Top Resources

  • Competency-Based Governance: A Foundation for Board and Organizational Effectiveness
  • Governance Practices in an Era of Health Care Transformation
  • The Expanding Role of the Compensation Committee
  • Sample Board Agenda with Consent Agenda
  • Transformational Governance: Best Practices for Public and Nonprofit Hospitals and Health Systems

New Blue Ribbon Panel Report

Learnings on Governance from Partnerships that Improve Community Health

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New Advances in Healthcare Governance Whitepaper


Effective Governance in Systems

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