Board Work - (Jossey-Bass Health) by Dennis D Pointer & James E Orlikoff (Hardcover)

About the Book

The quality of health care governance makes a crucial difference--to management, medical staff, and the community. Drawn from 40 collective years of health care board experience, this is the definitive guide to high-performance boards that are the backbone of quality health care.

Book Synopsis

American College of Healthcare Executives 2000 James A. Hamilton book of the year award

Written by Dennis Pointer and James Orlikoff, two of the most experienced and highly regarded governance consultants in thecountry, Board Work presents a practical model focusing on those factors that most affect board performance. Rich withprescriptive information, practical ideas, assessment tools, and examples, Pointer and Orlikoff provide the expert coaching boardsneed to do their best work and add value to their organizations.

Based on the authors' forty years of combined experience, thiseye-opening book arms boards with tools and techniques tosignificantly enhance their performance and contributions. Pointer and Orlikoff forward concrete recommendations for implementing benchmark governance systems and practices, creating the essentialguide for those who want to make a real difference on behalf of communities they serve.

"This is the best book on health care organization governanceI have ever read."
--Stephen Shortell, Blue Cross of California Distinguished Professor of Health Policy and Management, University of California, Berkeley

From the Back Cover

Struggling to redefine themselves, health care organizations are in a critical stage of transformation that demands a new form of leadership. Board Work issues a wake-up call to the nation's twenty thousand health care organization boards and lays out a visionary and detailed road map to help them successfully confront the challenges of the U.S. health care marketplace.

Written by Dennis Pointer and James Orlikoff, two of the most experienced and highly regarded governance consultants in the country, Board Work presents a practical model focusing on those factors that most affect board performance. Rich with prescriptive information, practical ideas, assessment tools, and examples, their book provides the expert coaching boards need to do their best work and add value to their organizations.

Based on the authors' forty years of combined experience, this eye-opening book arms boards with tools and techniques to significantly enhance their performance and contributions. Pointer and Orlikoff forward concrete recommendations for implementing benchmark governance systems and practices, creating the essential guide for those who want to make a real difference on behalf of communities they serve.

Turn Your Board into a Dynamic Resource for Increased Competitive Advantage

Board Work provides health care board members, board chairs, and CEOs with a host of practical and actionable ideas to increase board performance and really add value to their organizations.

"This is the best book on health care organization governance I have ever read."--Stephen M. Shortell, Blue Cross of California Distinguished Professor of Health Policy and Management, University of California, Berkeley

"The strategic edge, effective governance . . . Pointer and Orlikoff have written a book that is a 'must read' for those managing and governing in today's complex health care environment."--David L. Bernd, CEO, Sentara Health System

"The partnership of Pointer and Orlikoff, with their vast experience, skills, and leadership, makes this the guide for health care governance-now and into the foreseeable future."--Roy Schwarz, Jr., chair, board of trustees; Carolyn C. Roberts, president and CEO, Copley Hospital, Inc.

"Written by two of the most experienced and highly regarded health care governance consultants in the country, Board Work is noteworthy in its ability to challenge old assumptions about governance and serves as an excellent road map for enhancing your board's capabilities."--J. K. Pearlman, board chair; Mark R. Neaman, president and CEO, Evanston Northwestern Healthcare

"Hard-hitting and directly to the heart of the issue, Board Work is a must for those trustees who want their organizations to survive in the rapidly changing world of health care."--E. George Middleton, Jr., board chair, Sentara Health System

Review Quotes

"This is the best book on health care organization governance Ihave ever read." --Stephen M. Shortell, Blue Cross of CaliforniaDistinguished Professor of Health Policy and Management, Universityof California, Berkeley

"The strategic edge, effective governance . . . Pointer andOrlikoff have written a book that is a 'must read' for thosemanaging and governing in today's complex health care environment."--David L. Bernd, CEO, Sentara Health System

"The partnership of Pointer and Orlikoff, with their vastexperience, skills, and leadership, makes this the guide for healthcare governance-now and into the foreseeable future." --RoySchwarz, Jr., chair, board of trustees; Carolyn C. Roberts, president and CEO, Copley Hospital, Inc.

"Written by two of the most experienced and highly regarded healthcare governance consultants in the country, Board Work isnoteworthy in its ability to challenge old assumptions aboutgovernance and serves as an excellent road map for enhancing yourboard's capabilities." --J. K. Pearlman, board chair; Mark R.Neaman, president and CEO, Evanston Northwestern Healthcare

"Hard-hitting and directly to the heart of the issue, Board Work isa must for those trustees who want their organizations to survivein the rapidly changing world of health care." --E. GeorgeMiddleton, Jr., board chair, Sentara Health System

About the Author

DENNIS D. POINTER is principal of Dennis D. Pointer & Associates, which has provided governance consultation and development services to more than three hundred health care organizations, nonprofits, governmental agencies, and commercial corporations. He has written many books and articles, including Really Governing, winner of the American College of Healthcare Executives Book of the Year Award. Dr. Pointer holds the John J. Hanlon Chair of Health Care Research and Policy in the Graduate School of Public Health at San Diego State University. He is alsothe Austin Ross Professor, Department of Health Services, School of Public Health and Community Medicine, University of Washington (Seattle).

JAMES E. ORLIKOFF is president of Orlikoff & Associates, Inc., a consulting firm specializing in health care governance and leadership. A nationally recognized authority on effective governance, he has written ten books and more than fifty articles, and has consulted with more than five hundred organizations to strengthen their governance effectiveness. He is the National Advisor on Governance and Leadership to the American Hospital Association and the Health Forum and is a founding member of the Governance Advisors of the Governance Institute where he is a member of the faculty.