MHC 4-2

HCO’s Board

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.

Submission Details:

• Submit your answers in a 2- to 3-page Microsoft Word 
• Cite any sources you use in APA format on a separate page.

Reference:

Physicians on Hospital Boards: Time for New Approaches. (2011, February).           Retrieved from http://www.greatboards.org/newsletter/2011/           GreatBoards-reprint-2011-Physicians-on-Hospital-Boards.pdf