Award in Leading Governance Excellence
The Governance Centre of Excellence (GCE) is pleased to announce the Call for Submissions for the fourth annual Award in Leading Governance Excellence. The award will be presented during the Governance session at HealthAchieve taking place on November 7, 2016 at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre.
The call for submissions is open to members, associates and affiliates of the Ontario Hospital Association. All submissions will be reviewed and adjudicated by the Governance Awards Adjudication Committee.
The finalists will receive three-day complimentary registrations for members of their board and their Chief Executive Officer to attend HealthAchieve 2016. The award-winning board will receive complimentary three-day registrations to HealthAchieve 2017. In addition, select submissions will be profiled in a future edition of Boards, the GCE's Official Publication.
Submission Guidelines and Selection Process
Governance can be defined as the system by which a corporation is directed and controlled. Boards are responsible for their own good governance and the fiduciary role of directors is to act in the best interests of the corporation as a whole. This requires the board to ensure the corporation it governs succeeds in serving its objects or purposes.
Submissions will outline a specific problem/opportunity that was significant to the current governance practices of a health care organization and how the healthcare organization addressed the problem/opportunity.
Evaluation Criteria
The adjudication committee will make their final selection based on the following evaluation criteria: Relevance, System Alignment, Generalizability, Innovation, Engagement and Performance Outcomes. Clickheredownload the evaluation matrix.
Final selection will be based on responses provided to the following questions:
- Relevance: How does the governance solution address a current or emerging governance problem or opportunity for your organization and/or other health care board?
- System Alignment: To what extent, if any, does the governance solution align with the following categories:
- Advancing Integrated Care - collaborating and developing partnerships to support community members
- Realized Quality - enhancing the quality of care for patients and family members
- Delivering Value -efficiently utilizing health care resources
- Generalizability: To what extent does the governance solution have applicability to other organizations? Are there any challenges in applying this achievement to other organizations and settings?
- Innovation: Is the initiative a practice that is a unique/novel solution to a governance problem or an innovative approach to capturing an important opportunity?
- Engagement: To what extent were stakeholders consulted in the development and implementation of the governance solution and how did it help with the success of the initiative?
- PerformanceOutcomes: What are the demonstrated indicators used to measure outcomes of the governance solution? How has it impacted organizational performance?
Responses to the questions above should not exceed 10 pages.
Application Requirements
Submit all of the following documentation:
1. Completed Application Form
2. Attached document with responses to the six questions listed above. (Responses should not exceed 10 pages)
3. The following documentation:
- A list of all current board members at the time of submission
- Any supplemental information that highlights the governance achievement – specifically outlining the benefits, process and/or principle actions and indicators of success including any testimonials available from stakeholders
All above documents are to be submitted by via the online form by August 1, 2016.