/ en Thu, 01 May 2025 06:40:44 -0500 Fri, 17 May 24 08:38:03 -0500 /news/perspective/2024-05-17-supporting-hospital-and-health-system-boards-we-navigate-changing-health-care-landscape <p>The many complexities of health care today continue to challenge hospital and health system governing boards to ensure that high-quality patient care is provided to the communities they serve.</p><p>Nowadays, boards need to bring much more than traditional oversight of finances, quality and patient care. Board members must be knowledgeable across a wide variety of health care topics and issues (some further their learning by rounding with clinicians), as well as community bridge-builders who can forge coalitions to advance health.</p><p>The past few years have wrought profound changes, expanding the board鈥檚 role in hospital and health system oversight as never before.</p><p>For one thing, the accountability of boards has substantially increased. Today, board members find themselves confronted with multi-faceted challenges such as workforce shortages, a rise in behavioral and mental health issues that impact their communities and workforce, not to mention the ever-present threat of cyberattacks and the expanding role of artificial intelligence.</p><p>Successfully engaging with these issues requires not only a thorough understanding of them, but the ability to create workable strategies and solutions to support their hospitals and health systems to continue to provide high-quality care for their patients and communities.</p><p>Today鈥檚 risks have become more significant than in the past. For example, it is important for hospitals and health systems to have a cybersecurity plan in place and for boards to understand what the plan is, what the risks are and what the plan will be going forward.</p><p>And because risk oversight has become increasingly important to organizational sustainability, boards also need to create an enterprise risk management (ERM) discipline that supports the identification, assessment and management of risks. This helps boards to function as effective stewards and fiduciaries and focus on the issues critical to creating greater value for their organizations and stakeholders.</p><p>At the same time, boards also should be looking at their structure to ensure they are diverse in representing their community鈥檚 needs. Diversity not only means race and ethnicity, but age, expertise and skill set. A diverse board is a strong board, one that can have robust discussion about the issues impacting their hospitals and health systems.</p><p>Service as a board member today can be demanding, but the opportunity to guide, advise and support the health care organizations that are cornerstones of our communities is immensely rewarding.</p><p><strong>The AHA supports good governance by offering education and resources on governance practices and our field鈥檚 emerging challenges that are crucial to advancing health in every community across the country. </strong><a href="https://trustees.aha.org/" target="_blank" title="AHA Trustee Services homepage"><strong>AHA鈥檚 Trustee Services</strong></a><strong> serves as the hub for a broad array of efforts to help hospitals and their boards navigate the transforming health care landscape.</strong></p><p>In addition, several of AHA鈥檚 key meetings have sessions or educational tracks designed for trustees. For example, at July鈥檚 <a href="https://leadershipsummit.aha.org/" target="_blank" title="2024 AHA Leadership Summit homepage">AHA Leadership Summit</a> in San Diego, trustees will have opportunities to enhance their understanding of emerging issues in governance and learn to apply new models and practices.</p><p>Good governance helps ensure quality care for patients and families; fosters safe, positive environments for health care teams; and ultimately helps create healthier communities.</p><p>Thanks to all the community leaders who serve on hospital and health system boards across the country. Please use our <a href="https://trustees.aha.org/" target="_blank" title="AHA Trustee Services homepage">trustee resources</a> as additional insight and tools so we can continue our work together to advance health in America.</p> Fri, 17 May 2024 08:38:03 -0500 Board Structure /news/headline/2023-04-18-hospital-and-healthsystem-association-pennsylvania-taps-nicole-stallings-new-president-and-ceo <p>Nicole Stallings will be the next president and CEO of the Hospital and Healthsystem Association of Pennsylvania, it was <a href="https://www.haponline.org/News/Media/News-Releases/nicole-stallings-named-hap-president-and-ceo">announced</a>. Stallings, who succeeds 2023 AHA Board of Trustees Award winner Andy Carter in the role, will assume the role in June, when Carter retires. Stallings most recently served as chief external affairs officer for the Maryland Hospital Association.</p> Tue, 18 Apr 2023 16:06:00 -0500 Board Structure /press-releases/2021-07-28-aha-board-names-john-haupert-chair-elect-designate <p><strong>WASHINGTON</strong> (July 28, 2021) 鈥� The 黑料正能量 Association (AHA) Board of Trustees has elected John Haupert, president and CEO of Grady Health System in Atlanta, as its Chair-elect Designate. Haupert will be the 2023 chair of the AHA, becoming the top-elected official of the national organization that represents America鈥檚 hospitals and health systems and works to advance health in America.<br /> <br /> Haupert began his tenure at Grady in October 2011. Grady is the primary Level I trauma center and burn center for the Atlanta metropolitan area. In addition, Grady is home to many nationally recognized clinical services including the Marcus Neuroscience and Stroke Center, the Correll Cardiac Center, the Georgia Cancer Center for Excellence, Hughes-Spalding Children鈥檚 Hospital and Grady EMS, one of the largest hospital-based EMS agencies in the country. Grady also serves as the primary training site for the Morehouse and Emory Schools of Medicine.<br /> <br /> His career in health care management began at Methodist Health System in Dallas in 1992, where he served for fourteen years in various roles, including president of one of the system鈥檚 hospitals and as executive vice president for corporate services and business development. In October 2006, Haupert left the Methodist Health System to become the chief operating officer at Parkland Health and Hospital System in Dallas.<br /> <br /> 鈥淢y election as Chair-elect Designate is a tremendous honor. I am most appreciative of this important opportunity and I look forward to working with my fellow AHA members to address the issues hospitals face now and in the future,鈥� said Haupert. <br /> <br /> Haupert currently serves as immediate past-chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Georgia Hospital Association. He is a member of the Board of Directors of the Metro Atlanta Chamber of Commerce and is a member of the Rotary Club of Atlanta. He also serves as a member of the Board of Directors for The Atlanta Committee for Progress.  In 2015, he was appointed by Governor Nathan Deal to serve as a member of the board of the Georgia Department of Public Health.  <br /> <br /> Nationally, Haupert served on the Board of Trustees of the 黑料正能量 Association from 2018 to 2020 and on its executive committee in 2020. He is the current chair of the AHA鈥檚 Strategic Leadership Group for Urban Hospital Sustainability and a member of the AHA鈥檚 Institute for Diversity and Health Equity (IFDHE) Leadership Council. He is a former chair of the Board of Directors of America鈥檚 Essential Hospitals.<br /> <br /> In 2019, Haupert was named by The CEO Forum as one of the 鈥�10 CEOs Transforming Healthcare in America.鈥� Also in 2019, he became the ninth Georgia hospital leader since 1978 to receive the Georgia Hospital Association Gold Honor Award. In addition, he received the Healthcare Legend Award from The Legendary Foundation in 2018, the Leadership Award from National Medical Fellowships in 2017, and the Grassroots Champion Award by The 黑料正能量 Association in 2016.  <br /> <br /> Haupert is a native of Ft. Smith, Ark., and a graduate of Trinity University in San Antonio, where he earned a Master of Science Degree in Health Care Administration. He also received a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from Trinity.</p> <p class="text-align-center">###</p> <p>Contact:    Marie Johnson, <a href="mjohnson@aha.org">mjohnson@aha.org</a><br />                  Colin Milligan, <a href="cmilligan@aha.org">cmilligan@aha.org</a><br />  </p> <p><u><span></span></u></p> Wed, 28 Jul 2021 09:16:19 -0500 Board Structure /press-releases/2016-08-08-aha-names-new-trustees-board <div class="outlineContent clearfix"><p>The 黑料正能量 Association (AHA) has elected eight members to its Board of Trustees for three-year terms beginning Jan. 1, 2017. In addition, the board appointed one member to fill a one-year vacancy. The Board of Trustees is the highest policy-making body of the AHA and has ultimate authority for the governance and management of its direction and finances.</p><p><strong>Incoming members of the AHA Board of Trustees include:</strong></p><p><strong>Vanessa Ervin </strong>is the past chair and a current board member of the Onslow Memorial Hospital Authority, Jacksonville, N.C. Professionally, she is CEO of Carobell, Inc., a nonprofit health care provider in Jacksonville. Carobell is licensed by the state of North Carolina to provide residential, medical and educational services to individuals with cognitive and intellectual disabilities. She is an ordained minister. Ervin will chair Regional Policy Board 3, where she currently serves as a delegate.</p><p>She has served on the board of the North Carolina Hospital Association and was on the bylaws committee. She is a long-time Rotary member and recently served as district governor for a 51-county region in North Carolina.</p><p>Ervin earned a Bachelor of Arts from the University of New Mexico and a Master in Business Administration and a Master in Rehabilitation Administration from the University of San Francisco.</p><p><strong>David Entwistle </strong>is president and CEO of Stanford Health Care in Stanford, Calif. Prior to joining Stanford Health Care, Entwistle served as chief executive officer of the University of Utah Hospitals and Clinics (UUHC) in Salt Lake City, a post he held since 2007. Entwistle also held leadership roles at health care institutions across the country, including senior vice president and chief operating officer of the University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics in Madison, Wis.; and vice president of professional services and joint venture operations at City of Hope National Medical Center in Duarte, Calif. He earned a bachelor's degree in Health Sciences from Brigham Young University and a master鈥檚 degree in Health Services Administration from Arizona State University. Entwistle also completed a postgraduate administrative fellowship at University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center.</p><p>Entwistle serves on the boards and committees of many local and national organizations, including the Association of American Medical Colleges Council of Teaching Hospitals; the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education; and University HealthSystem Consortium, part of Vizient, Inc.</p><p>Entwistle has been active in the AHA and earlier this year served as an AHA Board member and chair of Regional Policy Board 8. He is currently the AHA鈥檚 liaison to the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education. He was elected to a one-year term to fill a vacancy on the Board.</p><p><strong>Rodney Hochman, M.D.,</strong> is president and CEO of Providence St. Joseph Health. He joined Providence Health & Services in 2012 and served as president and CEO. Prior to that he served as president and CEO of Swedish Health Services in Seattle. He also held executive positions with Sentara Health Care in Virginia, the Health Alliance of Greater Cincinnati and Guthrie Health System in Pennsylvania, and is on the board of the Coalition to Protect America鈥檚 Health Care. Dr. Hochman will chair Regional Policy Board 9. His AHA participation includes the Section for Health Care Systems governing council and AHA advisory committees.</p><p>His medical background is in rheumatology and internal medicine and he has served as a clinical fellow in internal medicine at Harvard Medical School and Dartmouth Medical School. He earned his medical degree from Boston University School of Medicine and his bachelor鈥檚 degree from Boston University. He is vice chair elect for the Catholic Health Association, and a fellow of the American College of Physicians and the American College of Rheumatology.</p><p><strong>M. Michelle Hood </strong>is the president and chief executive officer of Eastern Maine Healthcare Systems (EMHS) in Brewer, Maine. Prior to her role at EMHS, she was president and CEO of the Sisters of Charity of Leavenworth Health Systems, Montana region.</p><p>Hood is past chair of the AHA Section for Health Care Systems governing council and a past Regional Policy Board 1 member. She currently serves on the University of Maine System Board as the immediate past chair and on the Vizient (VHA) New England Board as the immediate past chair. Hood served as the chair of the Maine Hospital Association (MHA) for the 2013-2014 term and remains an active MHA board member.</p><p>She earned a Bachelor of Science degree from Purdue University and a Master of Health Care Administration from Georgia State University.</p><p><strong>Wright L. Lassiter, III </strong>is president of Henry Ford Health System in Detroit. He joined Henry Ford Health System in 2014. Prior to that he was CEO of Alameda Health System in Oakland, Calif.</p><p>Lassiter is a past chair of the governing council of the AHA Section for Metropolitan Hospitals.</p><p>He is a current member of the AHA Board Task Force on Ensuring Access to Care in Vulnerable Communities. Additionally, he served on the executive committee of the boards of the California Hospital Association and America's Essential Hospitals.</p><p>Lassiter received his Master of Healthcare Administration from Indiana University and completed his bachelor's degree with honors in chemistry from LeMoyne College in Syracuse, N.Y.</p><p><strong>David Molmen </strong>is<strong> </strong>CEO of Altru Health System, a vertically integrated tertiary health system based in Grand Forks, N.D. Altru comprises three hospital locations, 300 provider multi-specialty medical group, and an extensive network of clinical services serving northeastern North Dakota and northwestern Minnesota. Prior to that, he served as chief operating officer of Altru Health System. Molmen will serve as chair of Regional Policy Board 6, where he is a current member.</p><p>Molmen has served as the chair of the North Dakota Hospital Association, the University of North Dakota School of Medicine and Health Sciences Advisory Council, VHA Upper Midwest board of directors, the Health Policy Consortium and the North Dakota Medical Group Management Association.</p><p>Molmen received a Master of Public Health from the University of Minnesota and Credential of Advanced Studies in Health Administration from the Carlson School of Management, University of Minnesota. He earned his Bachelor of Arts in Healthcare Finance from Concordia College, Moorhead, Minn.</p><p><strong>Jason A. Spring </strong>is chief executive Provider Network Integration for Kalispell Regional Healthcare, Kalispell, Mont., a position he assumed in June 2016. Prior to that he was CEO of North Valley Hospital (NVH) in Whitefish, Mont.</p><p>He has been a member of the AHA Section for Small or Rural Hospitals governing council since 2014 and is currently on the Montana Hospital Association Board of Directors. Spring currently serves on Congressman Zinke鈥檚 Congressional Advisory Committee and he is vice chair of the Montana West Economic Development Corporation.</p><p>Spring is a fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives (ACHE) and has served on various ACHE committees. He received a Master of Health Service Administration from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock and a bachelor鈥檚 degree in business administration from the Centenary College of Louisiana.</p><p><strong>Allen S. Weiss, M.D.,</strong> has been president and CEO of the NCH Healthcare System in Naples, Fla. for the past decade. Prior to that, he was president for more than six years. He is responsible for a 715-bed, two-hospital integrated health care system. Weiss also has led a physician hospital organization.</p><p>At the state level, Weiss chaired the quality committee of the Healthy Florida Foundation that shared recommendations for evidenced-based medicine to transform health care and is immediate past chair of the Florida Hospital Association. He is also chair of the Vizient Upper Midwest Board. He has served on AHA鈥檚 Regional Policy Board 4.</p><p>He is a graduate of Columbia University鈥檚 College of Physicians and Surgeons and completed his training at both the New York Presbyterian Hospital and Hospital for Special Surgery of Cornell University. He is board certified in three specialties and is recognized both as a Fellow of the American College of Physicians and a Fellow of the American College of Rheumatology.</p><p><strong>Joe Wilkins </strong>is vice chair of St. Joseph Hoag Health (Providence St Joseph Health) in Irvine, Calif. Wilkins has more than 35 years of experience in health care. After developing and managing biomedical services for Kennedy Health System in New Jersey, he spent 30 years of his career at Danaher-Beckman Coulter, a $60 billion health care conglomerate. He is currently a member of the executive team at Quest Diagnostics.</p><p>A current AHA Board member serving one term, Wilkins is an ex officio member of the AHA鈥檚 Committee on Governance and serves as chair of the Governance Forum of the California Hospital Association. He also serves on the California Department of Public Health, Health Equity Board. He is board-certified in health care management as an ACHE fellow.</p><p>He received his Master of Business Administration from Argosy University and earned educational certifications in corporate governance from the University of Southern California and University of California, Irvine.</p><h2>About the AHA</h2><p>The AHA is a not-for-profit association of health care provider organizations and individuals that are committed to the health improvement of their communities. The AHA is the national advocate for its members, which include nearly 5,000 hospitals, health care systems, networks, other providers of care and 43,000 individual members. Founded in 1898, the AHA provides education for health care leaders and is a source of information on health care issues and trends. For more information, visit the AHA website at <a href="/">www.aha.org</a>.</p></div> Mon, 08 Aug 2016 00:00:00 -0500 Board Structure /press-releases/2016-07-28-aha-appoints-new-trustee-its-board <div class="outlineContent clearfix"><p>Judith Rich, president and CEO of Tucson Medical Center (TMC) Healthcare in Tucson, Ariz., has been named to the Board of Trustees of the 黑料正能量 Association (AHA). The board is the policy-making body of the AHA and has ultimate authority for the governance and management of its direction and finances.</p><p>Rich began her tenure as president and CEO of TMC Healthcare in 2007 after serving as senior consultant for The Bard Group in Newton, Mass., from 2006 to 2007. Previously, Rich served as senior vice president and chief operations officer at TMC Healthcare from 2003-2006. In addition, she has held positions as vice president of clinical services and operations at Wellmont Holston Valley Medical Center in Kingsport, Tenn.; nurse management at St. Mary鈥檚 and Good Samaritan Hospitals in West Palm Beach, Fla.; and as nursing care coordinator and advanced staff nurse at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital in Philadelphia.</p><p>鈥淛udy brings a wealth of clinical health care knowledge to the AHA Board of Trustees,鈥� said Jim Skogsbergh, president and CEO, Advocate Health Care and chairman of the AHA Board of Trustees. 鈥淎s the field continues to evolve, Judy鈥檚 depth of experience will help guide the AHA and our hospital and health system members into the future.鈥�</p><p>Rich served as the Arizona Hospital and Healthcare Association (AzHHA) board chair from 2012-2015 and has been a member of the AzHHA board since 2008. In addition, she has served on numerous local, state and national boards and committees.</p><p>She received a Master of Science in Nursing from University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia and a Bachelor of Science in Nursing from Roberts Wesleyan College in Rochester, N.Y.</p><p>Rich鈥檚 term on the AHA Board begins immediately and runs through December 31, 2018.</p><h2>About the AHA</h2><p>The AHA is a not-for-profit association of health care provider organizations and individuals that are committed to the health improvement of their communities. The AHA is the national advocate for its members, which include nearly 5,000 hospitals, health care systems, networks, other providers of care and 43,000 individual members. Founded in 1898, the AHA provides education for health care leaders and is a source of information on health care issues and trends. For more information, visit the AHA website at <a href="/">www.aha.org</a>.</p></div> Thu, 28 Jul 2016 00:00:00 -0500 Board Structure /press-releases/2016-07-18-aha-board-names-nancy-howell-agee-chair-elect-designate <div class="outlineContent clearfix"><p><strong>SAN DIEGO </strong>(July 17, 2016) - The 黑料正能量 Association鈥檚 (AHA) Board of Trustees has selected Nancy Howell Agee, president and CEO of Carilion Clinic, as its chair-elect designate. Agee will assume the chairmanship in 2018, becoming the top elected official of the national organization that represents America鈥檚 hospitals and health systems and works to advance health in America.</p><p>Carilion Clinic, headquartered in Roanoke, Va., is an integrated health care organization serving one million patients in Virginia, West Virginia and North Carolina. Carilion includes a multi-specialty physician group, seven hospitals, the Jefferson College of Health Sciences and a joint ventured medical school and research institute with Virginia Tech.</p><p>Currently a member of the association鈥檚 Executive Committee and Operations Committee, Agee is a past member of the AHA鈥檚 Health Care Systems Governing Council and previously served on Regional Policy Board 3. She has been a leader in professional and community activities, serving as an AHA commissioner on The Joint Commission board, and on the boards of the Virginia Hospital and Healthcare Association, the Coalition to Protect America鈥檚 Healthcare, the Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine, the Virginia Business Council and Healthcare Realty.</p><p>鈥淎merica鈥檚 hospitals are leading a transformation in health care and, as chair, I look forward to helping my colleagues as they work to improve the health of their communities,鈥� said Agee.</p><p>Agee began her career as a nurse. She holds degrees with honors from the University of Virginia and Emory University and participated in postgraduate studies at the Kellogg School of Business, Northwestern University.</p><h2>About the AHA</h2><p>The AHA is a not-for-profit association of health care provider organizations and individuals that are committed to the health improvement of their communities. The AHA is the national advocate for its members, which include nearly 5,000 hospitals, health care systems, networks, other providers of care and 43,000 individual members. Founded in 1898, the AHA provides education for health care leaders and is a source of information on health care issues and trends. For more information, visit the AHA website at <a href="/">www.aha.org</a>.</p></div> Mon, 18 Jul 2016 00:00:00 -0500 Board Structure