Quality Systems Group, LLC.- Medical Management Consulting, Regulatory Staffing, Interim Staffing

HEALTHCARE GOVERNING BOARDS

Healthcare Governing Boards have the ultimate responsibility and authority for the organization's quality of care and overall functioning. Traditionally, Governing Boards fulfilled fiduciary responsibilities and faced relatively few difficult decisions.

Today boards are faced with new and more complex governance issues. Allocation of increasingly limited resources, organizational restructuring to meet an ever changing external environment, performance and economic-based credentialing of practitioners, and value laden ethical decisions are now routine issues for Board members. Governing Boards are being reviewed with increasing scrutiny as legal pressures build from employees, practitioners, patients and the government. The job of a Governing Board member is becoming more challenging. Yet, the Board member position is one for which there is virtually no formal preparation.

Quality Systems Group provides assistance and education to Governing Boards in the following areas:

Orientation of new Board members;
Organization and planning of Board retreats, and education sessions.
Evaluation of Governing Board Bylaws.
Assistance with organizational restructuring.
Development of Board-CEO-Medical Staff relations.
Design of tools for financial oversight.
Assistance with risk management issues.
Facilitation of mission and vision development.
Formulation of long range planning.
Verification of practitioner competency.
Development of economic credentialing models.
Updates on changing regulatory requirements.
Introduction to organizational assessment and improvement.
Resolution of conflict of interest issues.
Governance issues in rural hospitals; and
Preparation for JCAHO and other regulatory review.