About Membership

Together we can make health care better.

Overview

Advisory Board helps health care leaders across the health care ecosystem work smarter and faster through provocative insights, actionable strategies, and practical tools to support execution. With more than 40 years of experience, a team of 200+ experts, and a network of 4,500+ member organizations, we spend more time researching the now and predicting the next than anyone else in the health care industry. We can support organizations like yours through research memberships, people development services, and tailored support.

About research memberships

What membership means

Our resources come in many forms, so you can use them in the ways that suit your organization, learning style, and schedule. Check out some of our most popular membership features.
Events

Gather with our experts and your peers to discuss our latest research, covering top-of-mind issues. Collaboratively solve problems with a diverse group of leaders from leading organizations.
Expert consultations

Email us anytime with questions, and get answers within 2 business days. Or schedule a live chat for a more in-depth discussion about challenges, a strategic plan, or anything else on your mind.
Facilitated presentations

Set up a time for one of our experts to visit with your team. We will consult with you about topics to cover and meeting objectives, and then come onsite to teach, discuss, and/or facilitate action planning.
Research

Delve into pieces penned by our experts that explore industry trends, successful strategies, and replicable tactics. Whether you have 5 minutes or an hour, you’ll find content designed to fit in your day.
Implementation toolkits

Move from strategy to execution mode with our implementation toolkits. Tackle a wide range of initiatives such as improving the patient experience, implementing clinical decision support, fostering critical thinking, and more.
Virtual presentations

Bring the presentation straight to your desktop. No travel required. Or take control of your meeting schedule and view presentations on-demand.
Forecasting and benchmarking tools

Bring analytical rigor to your strategic decision-making by using proprietary tools and benchmarks to better understand your market and performance.
Email updates

Get our latest research, tools, and events right in your inbox.
Daily Briefing newsletter

Join 165,000 of your peers and get all of the day’s top health care news in a single email, plus resources to meet the issues head-on.

Areas of expertise for hospitals and health systems

Strategy

Support for CEOs, CSOs, and planners grappling with industry evolution, market disruption, and mounting competition.

Physician enterprise

Support for physician executives working to advance strategic priorities, drive engagement, and lead the cross-continuum physician enterprise.

Nursing

Support for nurse leaders tackling workforce transformation, cost and quality outcomes, and countless regulatory requirements.

Cardiovascular

Support for CV administrators juggling mounting responsibilities like driving service line growth, managing costs. and coordinating care.

Oncology

Support for cancer program leaders grappling with program growth, staffing, costly accreditation requirements, palliative care, and more.

Human resources

Support for HR executives and leaders as they rise to the challenge of attracting, retaining, and restructuring staff as organizations transform.

Digital health

Support provider organizations create a superior digital health experience for patients and clinicians.

Enterprise-wide support

Hands-on and highly customized support for executive-level imperatives, plus unfettered access to all Advisory Board resources.

Providers outside the U.S.

Insights and globally applicable best practices from hospitals and health systems around the world.

How we support the broader health care ecosystem

Life sciences

Research and insight that commercial leaders need to effectively compete in today's health care landscape.

Services and suppliers

Customer insight and data to help industry suppliers understand the hospital market and compete more effectively.

Digital health and IT

Insight into the health IT needs of providers, payers and consumers, and tactical guidance to help IT solutions companies adapt to customer demands.

Health plan growth strategy

Strategic guidance and real world tactics to help health plans solve their current challenges and make smart investments for the future.

Health plan clinical innovation

A community dedicated to arming health plan clinical leaders with the insights and tools they need to accelerate change.

Post-acute care

Data plus the strategic guidance to help post-acute care organizations forge stronger partnerships and deliver high quality care.

Independent physician groups

Insight and tools to help your physician groups develop winning strategies, operate efficiently, and make prudent technology investments.

Facilities and design

Insight into what architects, designers, and real estate firms need to know today to design tomorrow's health care facilities.

About our people development memberships

Research at the core

Anyone can offer professional education. We build health care leaders. Our people development offerings are built around Advisory Board’s deep understanding of what’s important in healthcare right now, the obstacles that health care managers face, and what works and what doesn’t.
Interactive facilitation

Meet organizational and professional goals through interactive sessions led by our esteemed faculty. We focus on real-world application of new skills, so that training can be immediately applied on the job.

Our people development membership

Advisory Board Fellowship

An 18-month program that convenes rising executives from across the health care ecosystem and equips them for increasingly transformational responsibilities.

About our tailored approach

Dedicated experts

A team of senior Advisory Board experts can be assigned to your organization to work alongside executives to develop a deep understanding of your market, organization, and culture.
A tailored relationship

Together, we’ll select 2-3 of your most important strategic priorities, define clear goals, and outline success measures.
Unfettered access

Your entire organization will be granted access to the research, tools, best practices and experts that you need to drive performance gains in prioritized areas.

More ways we can help

Partner

A customized partnership to help health care executives move forward on key initiatives.