Building Resilient and Transparent Healthcare Partnerships Through Governance

Today’s healthcare leaders face unprecedented governance challenges: balancing financial sustainability with mission fulfillment, navigating regulatory complexities, responding to crises and managing digital transformation—all while ensuring clinical excellence.

This session offers practical frameworks for developing governance structures that transform vendor relationships into resilient strategic partnerships capable of addressing these multifaceted demands. Drawing from extensive experience managing systemwide clinical relationships, speakers will explore governance models that effectively integrate diverse stakeholder perspectives, including physicians and other clinical leaders, into decision-making processes.

The panel will address critical governance questions facing healthcare executives:

• How do you structure boards and committees for maximum effectiveness?


• What metrics truly matter for comprehensive performance evaluation?


• How do you implement succession planning that ensures organizational continuity?

Panelists will share real-world examples of governance structures that have successfully navigated industry disruptions while maintaining organizational alignment. Healthcare leaders will gain actionable insights for creating tiered governance frameworks that connect practice-level operations with system strategy, establish clear decision rights and accountability mechanisms, and leverage data analytics for forward-looking decision-making.