Purpose, Functions, and Importance of Governance Boards for Health Care Organizations

Health Care Administration: Governance, Organizational Classification, and Stakeholders
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Health Care Administration: Governance, Organizational Classification, and Stakeholders
Governance boards play a pivotal role in ensuring effective management of Health Care Organizations. It ensures smooth operation and service delivery, thus improving overall quality of the health care facilities. Customarily, governance boards are expected to protect and fulfill community needs. Governance boards operate on a non-profit basis, and they are the custodians of the community's interests (Brown, 2019). Members of governance boards are considered trustees, and they work pro-bono except in cases where there are out-of-pocket expenses. Therefore, governance boards are trustees with the specific purpose to achieve within the Health Care Organizations.
Purpose of Governance Boards in Health Care Organizations
There are various stakeholders in Health Care Organizations, and governance boards are constituted to mediate conflicting interests from different groups. According to White (2019), the purpose of governance boards is to maintain and create a foundation for relationships among stakeholders. The board should implement and identify the healthcare goals of various stakeholders as effectively as possible (White & Griffith, 2019). The different interests harbored by other stakeholders preempt conflicts, and the board of governance mediates between these diverse interests to find a solution that guarantees maximum benefit. Therefore, it facilitates professional engagement and operations within the health care facilities thus meeting their client’s demands and expectations.
The board ensures that the Health Care Organizations sources the money to finance its operations by setting managerial standards that attracts capital into the organization. The board streamlines the organization’s activities through policies to ensure quality and efficiency of service (Brown, 2019). Traditionally board members are comprised of members from wealthy families who sourced money for the institution through donations and fundraising activities (White & Griffith, 2019). Therefore, the board of governance is critical in ensuring efficiency in running the activities of the Health Care Organizations.
Functions of Governance Boards
The board of governance functions includes maintaining the leadership capability of the Health Care Organizations and establishing its mission, vision, and values. The governance board ensures quality clinical care and approves the Health Care Organizations strategy and its annual implementation (White & Griffith, 2019). Additionally, the board perform performance appraisal and improve...