NRC Health unit warns health system governance lags operational complexity, report says

• NRC Health unit The Governance Institute published a governance brief warning health system operations are outpacing board oversight models.
• Report estimates about 1,500 fiduciary boards oversee roughly $900 billion in hospital net patient revenue across mission-driven hospital sector.
• Analysis flags governance capability gap that can weaken decision quality, increasing risk of siloed tradeoffs across quality, finance, workforce, strategy.
• Brief introduces Governance Trilogy framework to push boards toward integrated decision-making, then enterprise-scale governance design.
• TGI plans to convene a Blue-Ribbon Committee on Health System Governance this summer to shape next phase of governance practice.

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