Center for Healthcare Governance

Board Composition & Development

Board Composition & Selection

  • 2015 Blue Ribbon Panel Report: Governance of Physician Organizations: An Essential Step to Care Integration 
  • 2009 Blue Ribbon Panel Report: Competency-Based Governance: A Foundation for Board and Organizational Effectiveness 
  • Achieving the Best Fit: Using Competencies in Trustee Selection 
  • Assessing the ‘Fit’: Using Competencies to Select New Board Members 
  • Choosing Board Members Based on Competency
  • Clearing the Pathway 
  • Competency-Based Board Member Selection Tools 
  • Competency-Based Governance Enters the Health Care Boardroom 
  • Competency-Based Governance Tool Kit 
  • Core Competencies Wheel 
  • Governance, Accountability and Nominating Committee Charter 
  • Governance & Nominating Committee Charter 
  • How to Be a Better Trustee
  • Leadership and Board Continuity: The Keys to Lasting Organizational Performance 
  • Nurses on Healthcare Boards 
  • Recruiting the Right Mix
  • Resources for Applying Competencies to Governance 
  • Sample Application for Membership 
  • Sample Board of Directors Skills Matrix and Inventory 
  • Sample Board Chair Selection Process Guideline 
  • Sample Director Recruitment and Selection Process 
  • Sample Guidelines for Director Selection 
  • Small City, Big Champions 
  • Term Limits for Board Members 
  • The Trustee Journey
  • Women in Governance: A Savvy Strategy for Advancing Community Health

Board Development

  • Beyond the Brainstorm 
  • Boards Need to Expand Their Expertise 
  • Calling in an Expert 
  • Change for the Better 
  • CHI’s Governance Evolution 
  • Competency-Based Education and Mentoring Tools 
  • Competency-Based Leadership Development and Succession Planning Tools 
  • Effective Board Development 
  • Four Practices Focused on Accountability 
  • Governing for Diverse Communities 
  • Governing in the Digital Age 
  • High-Performing Boards Can Lead to CEO Success 
  • Inside Two Worlds
  • Moving Your Board from Good to Great
  • New Approaches to Board Chair Effectiveness 
  • New Tools Apply Competencies to Board Work 
  • No Time to Wait: Prepare Your Board Now for the Next 3 Years 
  • The New Age of Accountability: Board Education and Certification, Peer Review, Director Credentialing and Quality 
  • The New Board Chair 
  • The Power of Education 
  • The Value of Governance 
  • Trustee Mentoring: For Orientation, Leadership Development and More
  • Using Competencies to Improve Trustee and Board Performance 

Board & Director Evaluation

  • A Road to Better Governance 
  • An Essential Annual Checkup 
  • Board Evaluation Process Overview 
  • Board Member Evaluation Incorporates Core Competencies 
  • Competency-Based Governance Tool Kit 
  • Competency-Based Peer Assessment Tools 
  • Effective Boards Begin with Effective Board Members 
  • Evaluating the Board Chair 
  • Fully Equipped to Lead 
  • Governing with Competency 
  • Making the Grade 
  • Sample Board of Directors Skills Matrix and Inventory 
  • Sample Board Peer Assessment Questionnaire for a Community Hospital 
  • Sample Committee Assessment Board Audit and Compliance Committee 
  • Sample Meeting Effectiveness Survey for Board or Committee Meetings 

Board Orientation

  • Board Chair Position Charter 
  • Board Charter 
  • Director Position Charter 
  • Fully Equipped to Lead 
  • New Trustee Orientation – Sierra Vista Regional Health Center 
  • Sample Board Chair Role Description 
  • Sample Board Orientation Manual Index 
  • Sample Duties and Expectations of a Director 
  • Sample Statement of the Roles and Responsibilities of the Board 
  • System-Parent and Subsidiary Board Charter 
  • The Guide to Good Governance for Hospital Boards 
  • Trustee Mentoring: For Orientation, Leadership Development and More
  • Welcome to the Board: An Orientation to the Health Care Environment 
 = Kaiser Foundation Hospitals Resource
The Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Inc./Kaiser Foundation Hospitals board is undergoing an audit of its committees conducted by the organization’s Internal Audit department as part of the board’s ongoing governance effectiveness activities. A review of the following committee charters has been included in the audit process.