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HEALTHCARE & COMMUNITY SERVICES

Upholding integrity and excellence: The vital role of a healthcare and community services board

Board governance in the healthcare and community services sector is the linchpin for driving the delivery of high-quality, patient-centred care. With the healthcare and community services landscape evolving rapidly, effective governance is essential for navigating regulatory complexities, managing risks, and driving strategic decision-making. Healthcare and community services boards are responsible for overseeing organisational performance, safeguarding patient welfare, and upholding ethical standards. By fostering transparency, accountability, and collaboration, robust governance practices empower organisations to adapt to change, innovate in service delivery, and ultimately, fulfil their mission of improving outcomes for all stakeholders.

How effective is your board compared to similar healthcare and community services boards?

You can find out using our world class, sophisticated benchmarking that is displayed in a clear and easy to understand way.

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How Board Benchmarking helps organisations in the healthcare sector

A board review plays a pivotal role in bolstering governance practices within the healthcare and community services sector, ensuring alignment with evolving industry standards and regulatory requirements. By conducting a comprehensive assessment of board performance, dynamics, and effectiveness, organisations can identify opportunities for improvement and innovation. This process fosters open dialogue among board members, enabling them to address challenges and capitalise on strengths collectively. By embracing the insights gleaned from the review process, healthcare and community services boards can proactively adapt to changing landscapes. They can also impact resource allocation, and ultimately drive sustainable growth while advancing the delivery of high-quality care.

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Unlock easy to understand data and insights with our benchmarked reporting

Because we have such a large database we can also ensure that large organisations are benchmarked against larger organisations and smaller ones against smaller ones in the same industry or sector. This adds further validity and value to the benchmarked results.

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The process starts with a world class, easy to use survey

The 7 point response scale provides just the right calibration of survey responses. Our surveys are even designed to work with a screen reader to cater for those who are vision impaired.

See at a glance see how your board is benchmarked against comparable boards

Our performance dial shows you instantly where your board sits compared to board of similar organisations. If you previously used our survey you will also see the extent to which you board’s benchmarking has changed since your prior survey/review.

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See how your board measures up on the most important areas of a board’s effectiveness

Our easy to understand colour coding shows you how your board performs in each individual category that is important for a boards effectiveness. “Hot spots” are instantly identified.

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See how director and executive responses differ for each survey item

When you include executives in the survey process we show you how their responses compare whilst protecting their anonymity.

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Get an overview of the highest and lowest benchmarked survey items

Get an overview of the highest and lowest rated items, based on their benchmarking – not based on the average rating but how that average compares to the responses of other boards. This is where our sophisticated benchmarking makes all the difference!

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All written responses are merged and included verbatim

All written responses of directors and executives are merged together to protect the anonymity of respondents. This encourages candid responses.

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