In “Terminating Board Term Limits” (.pdf, 163 KB), Errol L. Biggs, Ph.D., FACHE, Vice Chairman at Practical Governance Group, shares reasons why removing board members after a given time (term limit) can leave voids. Instead, Errol explains how annual selection, performance appraisals and professional development help your healthcare board. He also provides insight on how the board chair function differs and why a successor or chair-elect is vital.

Errol also is Director of the Graduate Programs in Health Administration and Director for the Center for Health Administration at the University of Colorado Denver.

As published in Trustee, Feb. 2001, Vol. 54, No. 2.