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June 2008 (Volume 18, Issue 6)	view entire issue

Board on the floor in pursuit of quality
Hospital boards have always been concerned with quality and safety-at least in theory. However, in practice, board members historically have spent most of their time overseeing their organization's strategic and financial goals. That governance model is beginning to vanish. Today's hospital boards may not need to know how to reduce bloodstream infections or ventilator-acquired pneumonia, but they certainly need to pay close attention to their hospital's quality performance, says Lee A. Carter, chair of the board at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center.

The staff leader's role in lowering human error
The key role of a staff leader is to provide leadership to those whom he or she manages. The effectiveness of this leadership will help determine the staff's productivity. An effective leader: - Takes personal responsibility for his or her performance and the organization's performance - Attempts to improve organizational processes and values - Influences others through relationships characterized by respect, honesty, and fairness - Minimizes risk aversion limitations - Provides staff members the opportunity to succeed

Other recently-published articles from Health Governance Report:

Ensure employee retention in a turbulent field

Be careful not to neglect your ’regulars’ while recruiting

Successful recruiting in a struggling economy

Survey reveals competitiveness of recruitment

The recruiting challenge for internal medicine

Recruiters seek efficiency in ailing economy, tight market

Fill healthcare vacancies by expanding the search

The new C-suite: Sailing the seven Cs

Offer compensation to encourage medical staff leadership

Healthcare crisis and transformational leadership

Replacing service line with segment line

Thrive in a down economy: Get creative with patient concerns

Should your hospital partner with the big retailers?

Is your brand a communications or business strategy?

Six steps to develop a successful business strategy

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