The Center for Healthcare Governance represents a community of hospital and health system leaders who share a common experience as well as a commitment to governance excellence, innovation and accountability. We’re proud to support your daily effort as a member of this community by providing first-rate education, services, tools and resources.
To learn more about general membership in the Center for Healthcare Governance, please call Mark Colucci, Director of Membership, at 312-422-3245, or e-mail mcolucci@aha.org.
An organization qualifies for the general membership option if it has more than 100 acute care beds; is an acute care hospital located within a metropolitan statistical area (MSA); or has 4,001 or more annual admissions. As a General member, you’ll receive the following benefits.
Education & Development
- Tuition-Free Board Education Credits, which can be redeemed in exchange for five registrations at our national symposia or applied toward customized onsite education and programming.
- Board Chair/CEO Education, through our annual Partners in Leadership Board Chair/CEO Event.
- Live and Recorded Webinars, on issues critical to industry and organizational transformation and governance performance improvement topics.
Governance Publications
- Twenty Copies of New Advances in Healthcare Governance, which are published quarterly and aimed at providing insights and tools based on current needs in the field. Additional Advances in Healthcare Governance can be ordered online at discounted rates.
- Board Member Subscriptions to Trustee Magazine, the Center’s flagship publication, offering news, features, and interactive Trustee Workbooks for use at leadership educational sessions, in addition to a new Center Voices column covering current topics of interest. Trustee Workbooks and Center Voices articles are available to Center members via the Web site beginning the first of every month.
Governance Resources
- 24-hour Resource Repository Access, which can be used to view and download charters, policies, survey tools, publications and more. You’ll find locating the information you need to be a fast and easy process, as we’ve designed the online Repository with your needs in mind.
Governance Services
- Custom Governance Assessments & Consultation, on an annual basis via our Governance Assessment Process (GAP). On-site consultation with a Center facilitator is included, to interpret your assessment offer your organization guidance and next steps.
- Custom Research, through survey series’ conducted in response to current trends and issues, in collaboration with our strategic partners and sponsors. In addition, members have access to the Center community via outreach conducted by Center staff on your behalf.
- Governance Consulting, including direct access to the leading voices in healthcare governance. Each year you’ll take advantage of up to three hours’ consulting time, in addition to access to Experts on Demand, a service designed to address your specific governance questions within 24 hours.
- Meeting & Retreat Facilitation discounts, to be used in the engagement of any number of individuals from a roster of highly trained facilitators which can help even the strongest of leadership teams by contributing structure, encouraging participation, and helping build consensus.
- Speaking Services discounts, to bring the high caliber speakers and presenters found at our national symposia and regional workshops to your institution. The Center’s roster of speakers contains proven professionals who are viewed as the “go to” leaders in their respective fields of expertise.