GOVERNING BOARD RESOURCES

Weekly Report
www.wsha.org/weeklys/

Governing Board Letter
www.wsha.org/news/boards/

ASSOCIATION OF WASHINGTON HOSPITAL DISTRICTS

AWPHD Legal Manual, AWPHD, 1992
www.awphd.org/legalmanual

AWPHD News
www.awphd.org/news.htm

WASHINGTON HEALTH FOUNDATION

Navigating Managed Care: A Journal for Rural Hospital Trustees, WHF, 1997
www.whf.org/rural/products/primer.htm

Washington Health Foundation Newsletter and Rural Hot Topics
www.whf.org/newsletters/

County Health Profiles
www.whf.org/countyin/

REVISED CODE OF WASHINGTON (RCW) AND WASHINGTON ADMINISTRATIVE CODE (WAC)
www.mrsc.org/rcw.htm

NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

Carver, John, Alan Shrader (Editor), Boards That Make a Difference : A New Design for Leadership in Nonprofit and Public Organizations, 2nd edition, Jossey-Bass, May 1997, call 888-378-2537; fx 800-605-2665; www.josseybass.com

Pointer, Dennis D. and Jamie E. Orlikoff, Board Work: Governing Health Care Organizations, Jossey Bass, 1999, call 888-378-2537; fax 800-605-2665; www.josseybass.com

Goodspeed, Scott W., Community Stewardship: Applying the Five Principles of Contemporary Governance, American Hospital Publishing, Inc., Chicago, 1998, (800) 242-2626, fx (312) 422-4505, www.ahapress.com/

Chait, Richard P., Thomas P. Holland (Contributor), Barbara E. Taylor (Contributor), The Effective Board of Trustees, American Council on Education/Oryx Series on Higher Education, Phoenix, December 1996, call 1-800-279-6799; fax 800-279-4663; info@oryxpress.com; www.oryxpress.com/

Orlikoff, Jamie E. and Mary K. Totten, The Trustee Handbook for Health Care Governance, American Hospital Publishing, Inc., 1998, Chicago; (800) 242-2626, fax 312-440-4001, www.ahapress.com/

Doyle, Michael and David Straus, How to Make Meetings Work, Mass Market Paperback Reprint edition (September 1993), Berkley Pub Group; www.amazon.com

Fox, William M., Effective Group Problem Solving: How to Broaden Participation, Improve Decision Making, and Increase Commitment to Action,1987, Jossey-Bass, www.josseybass.com

The Illinois Hospital and Health System Association, www.ihha.org, provides rural trustee videotapes and live-satellite videoconferences. Contact Barbara Dallas, bdallas@ihha.org, Ph (618) 549-3335, Fx (618) 529-1761, for more information.