board of health (boh) governance working together to improve the public’s health january 2014
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Board of Health (BOH) Governance • Working together to improve the public’s health
January 2014
Recap
Survey and Interviews to:
Build awareness of BOH responsibilities
Inform upcoming strategic planning
Support ongoing efforts to meet accreditation
Identify opportunities to improve support, resources and tools for governance activities
What is our current state?
Survey ResultsCOLLABORATION
FUNDING
HEALTH EQUITY
ORGANIZATIONAL EXCELLENCE
POLICY
COLLABORATION
FUNDING
HEALTH EQUITY
ORGANIZATIONAL EXCELLENCE
POLICY
COLLABORATION
FUNDING
HEALTH EQUITY
ORGANIZATIONAL EXCELLENCE
POLICY
BOH
per
form
ance
Com
fort
Staff
Sup
port
Nee
ded
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Key Findings
Satisfaction and Dissatisfaction
Roles and Expectations
Informed Decision Making
Opportunities for Dialogue
Strategic Planning and Policy Development
BOH Meetings
Satisfaction & Dissatisfaction
Improvement Strategies: Formalize adoption of
governance responsibilities
On-going education
Link work of BOH back to responsibilities
Roles & Expectation
Improvement Strategies: Facilitated discussion to
reach agreement on expectations
Raise the profile of BOH membership locally
Informed Decision Making
Improvement Strategies: Establish decision agenda
calendar Information and dialogue
in advance of decisions
Clearly link to health implications
Evaluate opportunities to increase community input
Opportunities for Dialogue
Improvement Strategies: Explore options for dialogue
outside BOH meetings
Strategic Planning & Policy Development
Improvement Strategies: Engage Board in strategic
planning process Link actions of the Board to
the strategic plan Clarify BOH policy role Establish annual policy
agenda Increase staff support of
policy role
BOH MeetingsImprovement Strategies: Implement action-based agendas Rearrange room layout Address BOH Chair selection process
NEXT STEPS
Convene subcommittee of the Board to review findings, prioritize issues and identify strategies Immediate actions for committee
to consider Initiate work on
strategic planning and policy improvements