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Identify the various committees of a HCO (Health Care Organization) board and evaluate the function of each committee. Please first read “Physicians on Hospital Boards: Time for New Approaches” (2011, February) and then discuss the Joint Commission requirement: “Joint Commission requires that medical staff members to be eligible for full membership” on the hospital board—but does not mandate that any medical staff officer or other physician be a voting or nonvoting board member.

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Running head: BOARD COMMITTEES IN HCO

Board Committees in HCO
Institution Affiliated
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BOARD COMMITTEES IN HCO

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Joint Commission requirement on board membership and voting rights
The Joint Commission is mandated to continuously accredit healthcare organizations
so as to improve the quality and safety of care they provide to members of the public.
Essentially, the Commission supports performance improvement on a continual basis so that
people get the best care. Among many requirements by the Commission, there is a particular
one that suggests that medical staff members that are organized should be eligible for full
membership in hospital boards. The requirement, however, does not define voting rights of
medical staff officers that are on the board. In fact, one can be a voting or nonvoting member
of the board.
The reason for this requirement is that all the members of a healthcare organization
must carry the best interest of the organization at heart. They are supposed to conceive and
pursue the vision and mission of their organization. Thus, they must never pursue their selfinterests. While they not supposed to have voting rights on the board, they surely are obliged
to adhere to the goals and vision of the HCO. Every member of the organization needs...


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