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Hospital Governance in the U.S.:
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AHA Center for
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Mary Totten
Barry S. Bader
President, Bader & Associates

The best-performing boards make an investment in high-performance governance by putting resources into board succession planning, infrastructure, education,
and ongoing development.

From "Board Practices that Separate the Best from the Rest" in the Spring 2012 issue of Great Boards

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