Hospital Authority committee refines FY26 CEO objectives amid financial, EHR and staffing concerns

The Hospital Authority committee met in midday session and worked through a draft of fiscal year 2026 CEO performance objectives, focusing discussion on market growth targets, financial reporting fixes identified in a KPMG review, and outstanding data issues tied to the Cerner electronic health record system.

Board members said the committee’s goal is to deliver a finalized assessment form to the full board before July so a new or continuing CEO will know year‑one expectations. Interim CEO Dr. Elders participated in the discussion and answered questions about operational and financial constraints.

Why this matters: The objectives will drive how a future CEO is evaluated and tied to compensation. Board members repeatedly emphasized that unclear measurement language could produce misleading pass/fail outcomes and urged numeric or graded metrics to make evaluations transparent and actionable.

Board discussion and key changes Board members proposed several substantive changes: replace a line-item reference to the Cerner vendor with a broader technology-and-innovation objective; convert hard pass/fail metrics to a graded 1–5 scoring system with clearer definitions; and refine growth and financial targets to account for the hospital’s current deficit and ongoing financial infrastructure work.

On growth, the draft included a target to “increase the number of patients seen at all clinics and hospital…