The Missouri Hospital Association has awarded a Governance Excellence certificate to Cedar County Memorial Hospital Board member, Carla Griffin, to acknowledge her completion of its new voluntary educational program for hospital board members.
“Health care is a rapidly changing field, making it imperative that Board members understand the issues facing their organizations,” said Cedar County Memorial Hospital C.E.O., Jana Witt. “I appreciate Carla’s initiative in attending this training, as I feel it demonstrates her dedication to her Board position.”
The Governance Excellence Certificate Program was launched in 2011 to enhance hospital trustees’ skills and provide them with increased knowledge of issues in hospital governance to help them make effective decisions for their organization. The program is designed to expand trustees’ knowledge base and provide enhanced decision-making skills.
“Hospitals are complex organizations,” said Herb B. Kuhn, MHA president and CEO. “To add value to decisions about hospital operations and support a hospital’s work in the community, a trustee must have a thorough understanding of a range of responsibilities in governance practices and the integration of the hospital’s mission and values. The Governance Excellence Certificate Program is designed to expand trustees’ knowledge base and provide enhanced decision-making skills.”
To complete the certificate program, trustees were required to attend a day-long session at MHA’s annual convention in November 2015 and complete six of eight independent study modules.
Cedar County Memorial Hospital, located in El Dorado Springs, opened in 1960. Cedar County Memorial Hospital is a county owned, not-for-profit Critical Access Hospital providing 24/7 emergency room services, inpatient care, outpatient services and multiple specialty clinics.
The Missouri Hospital Association is a not-for-profit association in Jefferson City that represents 152 Missouri hospitals. In addition to representation and advocacy on behalf of its membership, the association offers continuing education programs on current health care topics and seeks to educate the public, as well as legislative representatives, about health care issues.
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