Foreword by Connie R. Curran.

Preface.

About the Authors.

PART ONE: BOARDROOM BASICS.

1 Board Composition and Trustee Selection.

2 Board Job Descriptions.

3 Orientation: Basic Building Blocks of an Effective Board.

PART TWO: BOARD ACCOUNTABILITY.

4 Assessing and Improving Your Community's Health.

5 Board Oversight of Quality.

6 Self-Evaluation: The Mark of Good Governance.

PART THREE: STRATEGIC PLANNING AND INFORMATION.

7 Developing a Community-Focused Mission.

8 Strategic Planning by the Board.

9 Information and the Effective Board.

PART FOUR: BOARD RELATIONS.

10 CEO Evaluation and Compensation.

11 New Relationships with Physicians: An Overview for Trustees.

12 The Board-Physician Relationship: Enhancing Leadership Potential.

PART FIVE: GOVERNANCE IN THE INTERNET AGE.

13 Stewardship in the New Age.

14 The Role of the Board in the New Health Economy.

15 Information, E-health, and the Board.

PART SIX: THE TRUSTEE AS LEADER.

16 Principle-Based Governance: An Approach to Integrated Leadership.

17 The Role of the Board Chair.

18 The Board Leader's Role in Building and Maintaining Trust.

PART SEVEN: GOVERNANCE IN TRANSFORMATION.

19 Systems Thinking in Governance.

20 Redesigning Governance for Success.

21 Governing a Conversion Foundation: A Practical Guide for Trustees.

Part Eight: Growing the Best Board.

22 Developing the Individual Trustee.

23 Building Effective Board Committees.

24 Community Representation and the Effective Board.

References.

Index.