John R. Combes

As hospitals work more closely with physicians, they will need more collaborative resources. To this end, the AHA is partnering with the AMA to develop an educational fellowship.

The AHA Center for Health Care Governance releases a report on governance of physician organizations.

The AHA's most recent toolkit helps health care systems to employ elective percutaneous coronary intervention only when necessary.

The AHA's Center for Healthcare Governance and Physician Leadership Forum undertook a study to examine governance structure and function in a diverse set of physician organizations.

How hospital boards are evolving to govern expanding care systems

A new toolkit helps hospitals to ensure antimicrobial efficacy and safety for their patients.

A series of toolkits helps hospitals to use limited resources wisely to improve quality of care.

As the health care delivery system enters a generation of transformation, effective collaboration between physicians and hospitals is more essential than ever.

The two key findings from AHA Center for Heath Care Governance study of Governance Practices in an Era of Health Care Transformation. Two key study findings were that boards both enable and block progress toward transformational change.

As health care becomes more complex and technology-driven, it is important that we not fall under the spell of over-diagnosing and treating those things that have no clinical consequence and might benefit from watchful waiting or less aggressive interventions.

As hospital boards navigate between today's fragmented, volume-focused health care system and one that is becoming more integrated and value-driven, there are plenty of issues that keep trustees up at night.

The health care field faces rapid-fire change that will require broad reforms in care delivery.

H&HN Senior Online Editor Haydn Bush talks with John Combes, M.D., about the national effort to eliminate bloodstream infections in U.S. hospitals.

The following questions can help boards identify where meeting practices are solid and where there may be room for improvement.