Meeting Agenda: St. Joseph's Board of Directors

Date: Monday, January 27, 2025
Time: 3:30 pm
Location: St. Joseph's Hospital - Adams Boardroom A2-041 and via MS Teams video-conference

AGENDA

Call to Order – Nawaz Tahir
Reflection - Janet Tufts
Education Session (30 mins)

1. Full Agenda / Consent Agenda (10 mins)

1.1 Adoption of Full Agenda (5 mins)

  • Consideration is given to the agenda items listed. Members may request items be added, deleted or moved to in-camera.

1.2 Approval of Consent Agenda (Appendix 1) (5 mins)

  • Clarifying questions will be entertained
  • Any Member has a right to remove any item from the consent agenda, in which case it is transferred to the regular agenda so that it may be considered and voted on separately

It is recommended that the Consent Agenda for the January 27, 2025 Board meeting, consisting of the recommendations and reports found in Appendix 1, be approved and/or received for information by St. Joseph’s Board of Directors.

2. Reports (35 mins)

2.1 Board Chair Remarks [N. Tahir] (5 mins)
(a) Attendance Report - Board and Committee Officer [R. Butler] (10 mins)

2.2 President and Chief Executive Officer [R. Butler] (10 mins)
(a) Monthly report to Board

2.3 Medical Advisory Committee Chair [L. Lyons] (5 mins)

2.4 Quality Report
(a) Patient, Resident, Caregiver Story [J. Younger] (5 mins)

2.5 Lawson Research Institute  [J.Batch] (5 mins)
2.6 Western University - Dean, Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry [J. Yoo] (5 mins)

3. Business Arising
(Standing agenda heading for business being carried forward from past meetings)

4. New Business (30 mins)
4.1 Governance Committee Recommendations:
(a) New Position Description: Past Chair of the Medical Advisory Committee [D. Ladouceur] (5 mins)
(b) St. Joseph's-Western Affiliation Agreement [D. Ladouceur/R. Butler/Lydia Wakulowky] (15 mins)

4.2 Medical Advisory Committee Recommendations [L.Lyons]:
(a) Revisions to Delineations of Procedural Privileges (5 mins)
(b) Perioperative Committee Terms of Reference (5 mins)

4.3 Chair Updates from Standing Committees of the Board (5 mins)
(a) Stoplight Report from Governance Committee of the Board 
(b) Stoplight Report from Nominating Subcommittee of the Governance Committee of the Board
(c) Stoplight report from Quality Committee of the Board

5. In-Camera Meeting

6. Termination of Meeting

Appendix 1 – Consent Agenda Items

Members are invited to ask clarifying questions, in relation to the items appearing on the consent agenda, in advance of the meeting, through the Governance office (@email). Clarifying questions will also be entertained at the Board meeting when the consent agenda is introduced. Before the meeting or at any point up to the approval of the consent agenda, any Member has a right to remove any item from the consent agenda, in which case it is transferred to the regular agenda so that it may be considered and voted on separately. The remaining items are then approved en bloc without discussion.

RECOMMENDATION: The following items on the consent agenda be unanimously approved and/or received for information by St. Joseph’s Board of Directors.

Items FOR APPROVAL:

A. Minutes of St. Joseph’s Board of Directors Meeting of November 25, 2024.

B. Governance Committee of the Board
1) Renewing Board Policy: Political Activities
2) Definition of Committee Member on all Board Policies
3) Ex-officio Director Nomination
4) Renewing Position Description: Vice-Chair Medical Advisory Committee

C. Medical Advisory Committee (MAC) of the Board
c) REFERENCE for the MAC recommendations below: The credentialing process / Board's role
d) New Credentialed Professional Staff Appointments
e) Changes to Credentialed Professional Staff Appointments
f) Chief of Otolaryngology

Items RECEIVED FOR INFORMATION:

D. For Information:
1) St. Joseph's Health Care Foundation - January 2025
2) Governance Committee Minutes of December 11, 2024
3) Governance Committee Minutes of January 8, 2025
4) Health Care Ethics Committee Minutes of December 3, 2024
5) Medical Advisory Committee Minutes of December 3, 2024
6) Medical Advisory Committee Minutes of January 8, 2025
7) People & Mission Committee Minutes of December 12, 2024
8) Quality Committee Minutes of December 5, 2024
9) Quality Committee Minutes of January 9, 2025
10) Strategic Plan Steering Committee Minutes of November 28, 2024
11) Strategic Plan Steering Committee Minutes of December 19, 2024

2024/25 Membership

VOTING

Nawaz Tahir (Chair)
Donna Ladouceur (Vice-Chair)
Jonathan Batch
Peter Cassidy
Lesley Cornelius, ICD.D
Paul Dugsin, MBA
Joan Hubert
Mary Gillett, FCPA, FCA
Stephanie Marentette
Joshua Melchers, CPA, CA, CFP
Fr. Frank O’Connor
Robert Raymond
Howard Rundle, PhD
Victoria Smye, PhD
Janet Tufts, MBA

EX-OFFICIO NON-VOTING

Abhijit Biswas, MD
Roy Butler, PhD
Jayne Garland, PhD
Samira Jeimy, MD
Laura Lyons, MD
Karen Perkin, RN, MScN
John Yoo, MD