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Being an Authentic Leader and a Call to Action
by Michael O'Connell Authentic – that’s Merriam Webster’s 2023 Word of the Year. It’s a relevant word for CAHL as leaders coming out of a pandemic and dealing with many healthcare issues, including employee strikes, artificial intelligence, ransomware hacks, ghosting,...
Embracing Human-Centered Design in Healthcare
by Rabiha Ahmed When crafting a patient-centric experience, many of us employ various problem-solving frameworks to effectively identify and address gaps or issues that patients may encounter. Two prominent approaches stand out among these frameworks: Lean Six...
Volunteer Spotlight | Pravin Venketsamy
Pravin Venketsamy, MHA, volunteers on the Member & Volunteer Growth committee. He is a VP of Operations at One Medical, a healthcare subsidiary of Amazon. Please tell us a bit about what you've been doing as a volunteer, and why you chose to take that particular...
Happy Holidays from the CAHL Board!
Fall 2023 President’s Message
By Kelly Brian Flannery Greetings and happy autumn to each one of you, our valuable CAHL members and volunteers! Where did this year go? It is hard to believe that we are in the final quarter of 2023 and by the time you read this message, we will be in November! I am...
AI’s Fast-Moving Healthcare Advancements
By Bridget K. Burke Healthcare is no stranger to innovation; however, the speed at which artificial intelligence (AI) is advancing healthcare is unparalleled. Consider that OpenAI’s ChatGPT reached a staggering 1 million users within just 5 days of its launch in...
Mentorship Spotlight | Fawn Hutton
Fawn has over 15 years of healthcare administration experience and currently works at UC Davis Medical Center as the Director of Emergency Services Business Operation. She shares her insights as a mentee in the Fall 2023 Formal Mentor Program. Describe your CAHL...
Mentorship in Medicine: Guiding Tomorrow’s Healthcare Pioneers
By Damon Pridgeon and Stacey Aggabao Warm greetings to our esteemed community of healthcare leaders! As we embrace the challenges and transformations that the final quarter of the year brings, our focus this month is on the sacred bond of mentorship within the realm...
The Age of AI Has Arrived
Bridget K. Burke shares a dispatch from the 2023 TechCrunch Disrupt conference, where several of over 50 global HealthTech startups demonstrated the potential impact of Artificial Intelligence (AI) on healthcare accessibility, efficiency, and personalization. Her...
Student Council Spotlight | Maribel Oviedo
CAHL is profiling the 2023 members of the CAHL Hen Student Council. These early careerists are active in engaging peers who are building their healthcare expertise as they advance into and within the industry. School: California State University, Chico Future Plans: I...
Volunteer Spotlight | Armika J. Berkley
Armika J. Berkley, DSc., MPH, is a member of the JEDI Committee. She is a Senior Health Executive with extensive experience as an Administrator and Operations Strategist. Please tell us a bit about what you've been doing as a volunteer and why you chose to take that...
Reflections on Passing the BOG Exam: Congratulations to Michael Felder
Michael Felder, MS, MBA, FACHE, has passed the Board of Governors exam to earn his FACHE, bringing another board-certified leader into the CAHL community. How do you see the FACHE credential helping you as a healthcare leader in the future? In my opinion, the FACHE...
Finding “Your” Community Within CAHL
By Nikhil Singal The forced isolation of the Covid-19 pandemic has encouraged us all to think about the role of community in our lives. It’s a topic that may primarily be considered personally rather than professionally. We have our neighborhoods, families, friends...
Healthcare and Climate Change: Here’s where we can play our own parts
By Joleen Lonigan Headlines about extreme weather are a regular occurrence on the national and international news. We’ve seen the devastating impacts of fire engulfing communities, water flooding streets and collapsing homes, earthquakes destroying cities, and...
Delvecchio Finley Reminds CAHL Of Our Purpose Together at Annual Meeting Keynote
By Rabiha Ahmed The 2023 CAHL Annual Meeting was one for the books, convening over 150 leaders from across California in Walnut Creek. Delvecchio Finley, FACHE, President and CEO of Atrium Health Navicent, a crucial figure in CAHL's inception, delivered the keynote...
Women Leaders and Gender Parity in Leadership
By Corina Bianca Several studies have shown that diversity produces better outcomes – more innovation, more creative solutions and, ultimately, better financial performance. This program, held on site of this year’s Annual Meeting and Awards Ceremony, explored the...
Joint Commission, CMS Announce New Health Equity Efforts
Economic, social, gender, racial and other injustices continue to create barriers to accessing high-quality health care across the nation, and we know this is very prevalent in our patient populations. To help organizations close the gaps in access and quality among...
Student Council Spotlight | Sayoni Mukhopadhyay
CAHL is profiling the 2023 members of the CAHL Hen Student Council. These early careerists are active in engaging peers who are building their healthcare expertise as they advance into and within the industry. School: University of California- San Francisco (UCSF)...
Mentorship Spotlight | Alex Aleman
Alex Aleman is a Senior Quality Specialist with Kaiser Permanente. He shares his insights as a mentee in the Spring 2023 Formal Mentor Program. Describe your CAHL Formal Mentor program cohort experience. "It was an amazing experience to be a mentee in the CAHL Mentor...
Volunteer Spotlight | Sanjit K. Sodhi
Sanjit K. Sodhi, FACHE, is involved with the Membership Advancement and Career Development & Transition committees with CAHL. Sanjit was one in a cohort of twelve 2022 ACHE’s Thomas C Dolan Executive Diversity Scholars. She is Chief Operating Officer for Kaiser...
Using Artificial Intelligence to Improve Healthcare Clinical and Financial Systems
By Bridget K. Burke As healthcare leaders, currently, our resources are being stretched thin, our operational teams are constantly grappling with challenges, and we are being driven to find solutions that optimize revenue cycle initiatives and streamline processes,...
Honing Leadership and Management Skills Through Structured Change
By Kelly Brian Flannery As the season of spring renewal passes into the languid warmth of summer, I’ve been reflecting on a new role I recently undertook, and how it has inspired me to break out of some professional stagnation by exercising my skills in new ways. My...
Applying Mindfulness to “Break Through the Wall”
By Christianna Kearns Recently, I was a panelist at HFMA’s Women’s Conference held at Danville, CA on May 5, 2023, discussing mindfulness in the workplace. As we prepared for the event, the other panelists and I discussed what mindfulness meant to us. From a research...
Student Council Spotlight | Jocelyn Dretzka
CAHL is profiling the 2023 members of the CAHL Hen Student Council. These early careerists are active in engaging peers who are building their healthcare expertise as they advance into and within the industry. School: California State University, Chico. In Chico the...
Mentorship Spotlight | Kristine Cannon
Kristine Cannon, MPH, FACHE, is Director, Quality Improvement at UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospitals. For more information on pairing as a mentee with one of CAHL's 100+ mentors, or becoming a mentor yourself, check out CAHL's formal mentorship program Background and...