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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...
Volunteer Spotlight | McKenna Zoucha
McKenna Zoucha, MBA, is Co-Chair of the CA Valley Local Programming Council. In her role, she oversees programming for educational and networking events in her local area. Please tell us a bit about what you've been doing as a volunteer and why you chose to take that...
Entering into a New World: A Shared Perspective of ACHE 2023 Congress & My Personal Journey
By Balu Vignesh Thavidu Rajan As one of the millions of individuals chasing the American dream, I arrived in the United States in September 2022, to pursue my doctoral degree at Loma Linda University. Having lived, studied, and worked in three different countries...
Reflections on Passing the BOG Exam: Congratulations to Michael Cureton
In January 2023, Michael Cureton, MHA, FACHE, Chief Administrative Officer of Sutter Amador Hospital in Jackson, 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...
Regent’s Message | June 2023 – Call for Regent’s Awards Nominations
Summer weather has come to California - I’m looking forward to the longer days and more opportunities to get outside. It’s also time for graduations - I wanted to send my congrats to all of the undergraduate and graduate students of healthcare administration programs...
Remembering Someone Special on Father’s Day
By Michael O’Connell Father’s Day is a special time to celebrate the contributions made by fathers throughout the United States. Fathers are as different and varied as each one of us. Everyone has a father however it takes a special person to be a Dad. My Dad lived...
Champion Transformational Change by Taking Time to Understand Its Complexities
By Abraham Cicchetti The rapid evolution of healthcare technologies, treatments, policies and more can have a profound impact on the financial health of healthcare organizations, as well as on patients and other stakeholders. Transformational change within healthcare...
Volunteer Spotlight | Mateika Martin, MHA, EMT
Please tell us a bit about what you’ve been doing as a volunteer, and why you chose to take that particular role. I currently volunteer as the Vice Chair for the Justice, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (JEDI) Committee for the CAHL Chapter of ACHE. I started my ACHE...
Acute Care for the Elderly Units: A Primer
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Americans over 65 will number more than 77 million by 2034. Seventeen percent of these older adults are twice as likely as middle-aged adults to require hospitalization at least once a year (Covinsky & Palmer, 2021). They’re...
2023 College Bowl Winner Announced
The 2023 Statewide ACHE College Bowl took place on Friday, April 21, at Concordia University in Irvine, Calif. Congratulations to CAHL HEN school Chico State! Chico State had two undergraduate teams participate and Chico State won both first and second place in their...
Volunteer Spotlight | Ryan deGive
Ryan deGive, FACHE, CPHIMS, is the newest Co-Chair of the CAHL Higher Education Network Committee and recently started a new role with Contra Costa Health System as a Health Service Administrator. Ryan received the Volunteer of the Year Award for Generating Pride and...
Student Council Spotlight | Angelina Cayabyab
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. Program: UC Davis and UC Berkeley Future Plans:...
Policy Watch: Assembly Bill 425 – Medi-Cal Pharmacogenomics
By Chantelle Schenning and Megan Boyd Pharmacogenomics is the science of how an individual’s genetic makeup impacts the way they process medications, having huge impacts on whether the medication is effective, helps, harms, or potentially kills the patient taking it....
A Performance Review, Toddler Toys and Joy: Observations on professional and personal growth
By Nwando Eze I recently completed an annual performance evaluation. While I was grateful in all the areas of achievement, there were some areas where I could have done better in communicating with my team. To fill this gap, I decided to dedicate time to working on...