At AFHTO’s 2018 conference, over 60 members joined our governance session: “Governing Through Healthcare Transformation: Leading Practices in Effective Governance and Collaborative Governance.” With Ontario’s healthcare transformation underway, health care provider boards face increasing expectations for how they govern their own organizations as well as how they interact with, and contribute to governance leadership of, the broader health care system. Making sense of how a board can meet these new requirements, while staying within its governance role, can be a challenge. This workshop helped make sense of the changes and identified practical steps FHTs can take to enhance their governance capacity. Topics covered included:
- Latest governance thinking on the crucial role of a board and what it means to provide effective governance leadership to an organization;
- Changing expectations of health care provider boards in Ontario and what they mean for how boards operate, including the new governance requirements of the recent MOHLTC-FHT contract;
- What collaborative governance is and how it is done, including learnings and case studies of FHTs that have been successful; and,
- Practical tips and tools for building a “systems” perspective into your board’s current governance processes.
Presenters:
- Catherine Anastakis, Collaborative Solutions
- Mary Keith, ED, Niagara North FHT
The following are the materials from the session:
- Governance workshop presentation
- Governance workshop participant workbook
- Presentation “Merging Two Family Health Teams – Progress Report”
If you have any questions, please contact Bryn Hamilton, Provincial Lead, Governance & Leadership, at bryn.hamilton@afhto.ca