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

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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