Center for Healthcare Governance

Fiduciary Duties

  • Asset Stewardship and the Board’s Tools for Understanding and Improving Operational Efficiency
  • Board Engagement in Risk Oversight
  • Board Legal Fiduciary Duties
  • Community Benefit Committee Charter
  • Compliance Oversight: Responsibilities and Best Practices
  • Conflict of Interest and Governance
  • Decision Authority Matrix
  • Governing in an Era of Greater Transparency – A Proactive Approach
  • Helping Boards Achieve and Demonstrate Accountability
  • Ready for the Spotlight
  • Risk Governance Under Health Reform
  • Rural Hospitals: A Different Take on Conflict of Interest
  • Sample Board Accountability Statement for a Community Hospital
  • Sample Board Policy on Confidentiality
  • Sample Code of Conduct
  • Sample General Principles Regarding Conflict of Interest
  • Sample Policy for Open Board Meetings for Public or Government Hospitals
  • The Board’s Fiduciary Role: Legal Responsibilities of Health Care Governing Boards
  • The Evolving Accountability of Nonprofit Health System Boards
  • The Evolving Landscape of Non-Profit Corporate Governance: The Changing Nature of the Duties of Directors and Officers to Their Organizations
  • Using Stakeholder Feedback to Set Strategy and Manage Risk

= 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.