It’s a fact that a solid Board is the basis for all other groups within an organization. Whether it’s an advisory board, medical executive committee, the event planning group or the quality team, clear communication and a desire for collaborative transparency are key to effective working groups and healthy functioning boards.
With a clearly defined agenda and a clear plan, health care boards can rise to the occasion in the face of the pandemic by changing their roles, fostering high-performing team members, ensuring that meetings run smoothly and making wise decisions that align with the goals of the organization. The good news is that boards that are well-chosen and staffed with skilled volunteers, have the right behaviours and have the right tools available are able to meet the challenges.
A powerful board management software program can assist in facilitating the collaboration essential to success in every group. By providing a central place to store, share and collaborate on documents, the software will also assist in establishing workflows that automatically remind participants to check their work or provide feedback on a certain date or time. This helps people avoid getting lost in the messages and requests they receive every day, and ensures important details are not missed.
Choose a partner who offers group training and support to ensure your board members and committees can be up and running quickly. This is particularly important for board members on volunteer basis who may already have a busy task list and personal commitments. A flexible and customizable board management software solution can help to alleviate the burden for the board members by allowing for various levels of technical proficiency and allowing for granular control of permissions to ensure that groups within the system have access only to the data they need to do their job.
