CAHL News
Celebrating Women’s History Month: Honoring Trailblazers, Visionaries, and Advocates
Dear Esteemed Members of the California Association of Healthcare Leaders (CAHL), We are filled with profound admiration and reverence as we commemorate Women's History Month. This annual observance provides us with a sacred opportunity to celebrate the remarkable...
Embracing Uncertainty: Healthcare Leadership in the AI Era
By Bridget K. Burke Within 10 years, AI may be able to do “80% of 80% of all jobs that we know of today,” venture capitalist and early OpenAI backer Vinod Khosla boldly told the Wall Street Journal’s Tech Live conference in October 2023. On the more conservative end...
Crafting Your Destiny in a Post-Covid Era – Lessons from Avatar: The Last Airbender
By Priscilla Knolle, MBBS, MAT, FACHE The COVID-19 pandemic created a change in basic assumptions on a global scale, necessitating renewed reconciliation with the uncertainties of life, disrupting prevalent inequities, self-transformation through seizing inner power...
Promoting a Culture of Safety: A Crisis Communication Initiative
By Yurlene S. Dela Cruz I had the privilege to be a Project Creator of a Black Belt Process Improvement initiative on “Crisis Communication.” As a Lean Leader, I focused from a strategic perspective supporting the values of the High Reliability Organization (HRO)....
Strategic Leadership in Healthcare: Addressing Growth, Modernization, and Workforce Challenges
By Abraham Cicchetti The healthcare industry is undergoing a period of unprecedented change, driven by rapid growth, technological advancements, and evolving workforce dynamics. Healthcare leaders are at the forefront of managing these challenges, necessitating...
Committee Updates February 2024
Interested in being more involved in CAHL? We're looking for volunteers to support our Finance, Mentorship, and Membership and Volunteer Group Committees, as well as our East Bay and Coastal Local Programming Councils. Reach out to get involved. Chapter Programming...
Equity & Access Updates from the National Stage
By La Toya Watkins It is truly inspiring to see the progress made to close the gaps in access and quality among patient groups with frequent health disparities. Recent efforts by The Joint Commission (TJC) and The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to...
Gurnick Takes Health Education ‘Above and Beyond’: 1 Professor, 2 Doctorates—Many Mummies
By Cindy R. Chamberlin, Gurnick Academy of Medical Arts Once upon a time, people thought King Tut had been “done in by a blow to the head,” as Science put it in 2005. It was radiology that closed the book on that supposition and radiology that posited other causes–a...
2023 Financial Statement
CAHL has $123,417.48 of total assets in reserve. The chapter's financial performance increased favorably by $11,736.67 compared to the last fiscal year. A combination of activities involving procurement of corporate sponsorship, increased programming events, and cost...
2024 President’s Outlook
By Nikhil Singal Happy New Year! On behalf of the CAHL Board of Directors, we would like to wish you a prosperous, joyful, and wonderful 2024. We are very excited to continue and expand our networking and education offerings and are embarking on several new...