Hospital Trusteeship
Composed of community leaders and other stakeholders, hospital and health system board members take responsibility for overseeing, protecting and guiding a vital community asset: the local hospital or health system.
Hospital and health system board members are encouraged to use the following information and resources to lead their hospitals forward in today’s rapidly changing environment.
OHA produces DVDs and videos to help board members work more efficiently in their role. For DVD ordering information, contact Cliff Lehman at cliffl@ohanet.org. The DVDs include:
- Achieving Hospital Organizational Safety Aims DVD
This DVD is recommended for hospital trustees. Is Your Hospital on Track to Achieve Organizational Safety Aims? includes asking the right questions, scorecard metrics, alignment of strategy with performance objectives, transparency, engaging with your physicians and discussion questions.
- Common Sense Safe Staffing HB 346 DVD
This DVD is recommended for hospital trustees. The Common Sense Safe Staffing includes an HB 346 presentation regarding the act's history, requirements for hospitals, the bills impact on Ohio hospitals and discussion questions.
- Directors' & Officers' Liability Insurance DVD
This DVD is recommended for hospital trustees. Directors' & Officers' Liability Insurance includes the purpose of the policy, additional coverages, typical claims faced, application issues and coverage issues.
- Patient Safety: What's a Board to Do? DVD
This DVD is recommended for hospital trustees. Patient Safety: What's a Board to Do? includes patient safety and quality as a strategic initiative, patient safety and quality as a priority agenda item, setting the tone, establishing and maintaining an environment and discussion questions.
- The Carrot Culture: Employee Appreciation DVD
This DVD is recommended for hospital trustees. The Carrot Culture includes leadership keys, operational results and discussion questions.
Videos available to assist board members include:
OHA Media Statement - President Barack Obama FFY 2013 Budget
February 15, 2012:
Earlier this week President Barack Obama’s administration released the FFY 2013 federal budget spending and policy targets. The package proposes a total of $364 billion in health savings over ten years, including $268 billion in Medicare provider cuts and $51 billion in Medicaid cuts. After review of this budget, OHA has made this initial statement:
“Ohio hospitals strongly believe all critical aspects of the health care system must be adequately supported, without undercutting some segments to provide for others. In the federal budget proposal submitted by President Obama, programs that provide training for future physicians, assure access to care in rural communities and support health care for the low-income seniors, families and children are all put at risk. As Congress begins to review this budget and addresses more immediate concerns with physician payment cuts, unemployment compensation and payroll taxes, hospitals welcome the opportunity to demonstrate how proposed budget cuts could have unintended consequences of health care job losses and reduced access to care,” said Mike Abrams, president and CEO of the Ohio Hospital Association.
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