Health Care Vision 2020

Governance Board Charter

Overall purpose:  Oversee and lead the Health Care Vision 2020 initiative of the Alliance for Health.  This includes the RWJ Aligning Forces for Quality (AF4Q) grant activities, the development of a West Michigan Health Information Exchange (WMHIE) as well as other activities which may be made part of West Michigan’s efforts to transform health care within the region.

Reports to:  Alliance for Health Board

Staff support:  Bob Parrish, Shannon Zackery,  Lody Zwarensteyn

Charge:

• Define governance roles and expectations, inclusive of this charter—modified as appropriate
• Create, agree upon a name for the overall initiative
• Develop the vision, guiding principles and goals for the overall initiative, including indicators by which success will be determined.
• Establish policy, as necessary and appropriate, to guide the initiative’s operations.

• Establish needed committees and work groups and agree upon chairs/co-chairs

• Review and affirm committee charters
• Ensure appropriate levels of coordination of activity across committees

• Approve a communications plan for the overall initiative
  • To AFH Board
  • Within the initiative structure
  • To all communities/geographic units of West Michigan
  • To key health care stakeholders
  • To AFH membership and other interested parties
  • To all consumer organizations and groups that can be identified
• Approve an evaluation plan for the overall initiative and key components
• In conjunction with the Alliance for Health Board of Directors, ensure ongoing financial sustainability of AF4Q and WMHIE initiatives, including but not limited to pursuit of needed additional local matching funds and other resources, per the recommendations of the Finance Committee
• Monitor operations/activities/committee work to ensure that work is proceeding according to plan.
• Ensure, working with staff and appropriate committees, that all grant requirements and expectations are met

• RWJ grant
• HIE planning grant
• Others
• Make decisions regarding work products and other aspects of the initiative, as delegated by the Alliance for Health Board.
• Other responsibilities appropriate to  the governance body for the initiative