Learn about the Forum for Shared Governance, the only clearinghouse dedicated to promoting evidence-based shared governance and accrediting healthcare organizations in professional governance.
Our Mission
Founded more than 20 years ago, the Forum for Shared Governance remains the only clearinghouse that identifies, promotes, and disseminates evidence-based information about shared governance. Specifically, the Forum focuses on a professional governance continuum and organizational innovations that empower nurses and other healthcare professionals.
The Forum believes that innovations like shared governance allow front-line professionals, managers, and patients to share control and influence together over practice. As a result, these innovations also extend to the resources that support practice in healthcare organizations. Over time, this collaborative approach can enhance patient, professional, and organizational outcomes. Furthermore, the Forum believes that staff and managers need ongoing support and education to participate effectively in the governance of their practice.
Accreditation
The Forum for Shared Governance is currently the ONLY agency that accredits organizations in shared governance. Send an email to info@sharedgovernance.org or visit our Measurement & Accreditation page to find out how your organization can ascertain where its governance scores on the professional governance continuum and how it can become accredited.
Get Involved
Contact the Forum to be listed with Shared Governance Hospitals Online for 2022. Eligible hospitals must have a shared governance model or similar organizational innovation referenced on its public website. In addition, they must provide a contact person’s email address for networking. The Forum also accredits organizations in shared governance. Find out if your institution is eligible.
Request a speaker from the Forum to vitalize your governance program.
Moreover, the Forum is happy to share your research and evidence-based practices that have evolved through your shared governance structures and processes with the nursing and general healthcare community. The Forum’s team peer-reviews submissions and posts them briefly on the home page. Afterward, submissions move to either the Members Only Best Practices section or our Posters section. Contact the Forum for further details.