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Governance In Large Nonprofit Health Systems: Current Profile And Emerging Patterns, Lawrence Prybil, Samuel Levey, Rex Killian, David Fardo, Richard Chait, David R. Bardach, William Roach

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From the foreword:

Nonprofit healthcare organizations are not exempt from good governance. In fact, more today than ever, the hospitals and health care systems of this country must have the discipline and commitment to organize their governance structures and practices to provide forward-thinking leadership and stand up to scrutiny from any type of evaluation and review. As we move from “sick care” organizations to “health care” organizations with accountability for the health of the population of our communities from birth to end-of-life, the role of governance becomes even more critical.

Fourteen of the largest and most notable health care systems …