CAHL News
Are You (Really) Listening? A Note from the Chapter President – October 2022
The Art of Listening – What Did You Say? I’m Sorry, I Wasn’t Listening! Listening has become a lost art. We are so busy multi-tasking and connected to our technology (smart phone, iPad, Siri, Alexa, iTunes, and laptop) that we don’t spend time communicating...
Member Spotlight | Carla Stanley
Carla Stanley, HC,BSN,RN,FACHE,HCM-BC,NEA-BC Chief Nurse Executive with Cal Corrections Health Care Services. Carla Stanley was honored with a 2022 Service Award at this year’s CAHL Annual Meeting, held in August 2022. Carla learned servant leadership at an early...
Committee Updates: What’s Going On Behind the Scenes?
CAHL’s committees represent a growing network of healthcare professionals serving in volunteer roles to provide engaging learning and networking opportunities for our members. Here's what some of them are up to this month. Those interested in getting involved can do...
Celebration Meals as the Key Ingredient to Fostering Belonging and Equity
In 2019, I began a program to offer celebration meals for holidays and cultural events to celebrate diversity through food and to highlight different cuisines. Not only did this effort serve as a way to encourage inclusivity through observances, but it also provided a jovial means of educating staff members, patients, and partners on culturally or religiously significant days throughout the year.
Honk! Beep! Beep! A Note from the Chapter President – September 2022
In our CAHL service area, work commutes can range from 30 to 150 minutes. Since COVID-19, many of you have a commute from your kitchen to your office – 10 steps within your home. Regardless of the commute, we all have time to think and can decide to be stressed, calm, frazzled, or relaxed. When we encounter traffic delays, we can make a conscious choice to be mindful or not. We can be emotionally reactive, angry, frustrated, and stressed during our commute, or we can make a choice and be mindful, relaxed, patient, and calm. I encourage you to work on creating a mindful perspective with these ideas to consider during your commuting time:
A Note from Chapter President – August 2022
We Are All Leaders at the California Association of Healthcare Leaders (CAHL) Recently, I was talking to a member of the California Association of Healthcare Leaders (CAHL), and she said that she was not a leader because she was just a project manager in her...
Strategy and Strategic Planning in Healthcare: Are They Dead or Alive
Andrew S. James RN, MS, MHA, FACHE Yevgeny Ostrovskiy MBA, MS-HCA An Excerpt A business strategy is a set of guiding principles that, when communicated and adopted within the organization, generate a desired pattern of decision-making. A strategy, therefore, relates...
It is time to provide your voice on California Health policy
Over the last few pandemic years, the general public and healthcare leaders have realized the importance of Federal and State policy. I write to you with 15 years of healthcare experience, including clinical roles, operational leadership, organizational strategy, and...
A Note from Chapter President – July 2022
Freedom. What does it mean to you? Our country’s founding is based on our freedom and inalienable rights, and we celebrated our Independence Day on Jul 4 for the last 246 years. We’ve also celebrated for the past two years Juneteenth 19th as a federal holiday to...
A Note from the Chapter President-Elect – June 2022
Pride Month 2022 Enter any healthcare organization, and you will likely see symbols throughout the facility. Over time the use of symbols has increased significantly to assist patients, staff, and visitors with navigating our organizations. Additionally, symbols...