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Mentorship Spotlight | Matthew Eagens
Matthew Eagens, MPH, is a Support Services Administrator with Kaiser Permanente in the East Bay Service Area. He shares his insights as a mentor in the Fall 2022 Formal Mentor Program. Describe your CAHL Formal Mentor program cohort experience. "It was a beautiful...
Spring 2023 Committee Updates
This past month, Nwando Eze, MD, FACHE, FAAP and Chair of the CAHL Clinical Leadership Committee, co-presented at the ACHE Annual Congress with Robin Betts, RN, CPHQ. Their topic was “Moving From Person-Centered to Equity-Centered Care: Strategic and Practical...
Learning to Thrive “In the Gray”: Considerations for Rotation Program Participants
By Navpreet (Navi) Atwal, MHA, CAHL Secretary, Executive and Nominating Committee Several years into her professional career, CAHL Secretary Navi Atwal reached a point of inflection that meant she would have to choose one career path or another in order to advance in...
Leading Respiratory Therapists During a Global Pandemic
By Corina B. Clark, Co-Chair CAHL Coastal California LPC March 18th, 2020, was my first day as a leader in my new role. After years of being in management at UCLA Health, I decided to transition to a smaller community hospital closer to my family in Northern...
CAHL Shows Up Strong at ACHE Annual Congress
CAHL again had a strong presence at the ACHE 2023 Congress on Healthcare Leadership March 23-25th in Chicago. This year’s initiative was to charter a bolder and brighter future for healthcare. Over 5,000 healthcare professionals attended this year’s event. Themes...
ACHE Honors CAHL Leaders
Special recognition was awarded to CAHL members at this year’s ACHE Congress on Healthcare Leadership. Baljeet S. Sangha, FACHE, was honored with the prestigious Robert S. Hudgens Memorial Award. One of ACHE’s highest individual awards, it recognizes early careerists...
Understanding and Practicing Our Core Key Values and Beliefs
By Michael O’Connell, MHA, FACMPE, FACHE, CAHL Immediate Past President Every person has a set of core values and beliefs that he/she follows each day. Like any key value, they are something for which we must aspire to and they take time, effort, and energy to...
Back to Balance in the Art, Science, and Business of Medicine
By Michael O’Connell I’ve had the privilege of working with Dr. Halee Fischer-Wright, President and CEO of the Medical Group Management Association (MGMA), on an MGMA committee, and she gave me a copy of her book “Back to Balance: The Art, Science, and Business of...
Student Council Spotlight | Yamini Dwarakanath
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: Executive MHA at The George Washington University...
Member Spotlight | Yevgeny Ostrovskiy
Yevgeny Ostrovskiy is involved with two CAHL committees related to career growth. He shares how networking with CAHL has led to meaningful connections have driven his own career and industry relationships forward. Please tell us a bit about what you've been doing as a...
Making the Pivot to a Health Tech Startup
By Sarah T. Khan Focus on people and quality, and money will follow. For years, this mantra has helped me achieve multi-million-dollar transformations at small and large health systems through improved productivity, efficiency, culture, and quality. But there are...
Cultivating a Mindset of Optimism
By Pauline Orr The mindset of optimism is a curious one that can be applied to both personal and professional situations and settings. It can come naturally to some, and for others, it’s a learned skill that must be honed over time. Optimism is not ignoring the...
CAHL Cares: Share Your Community Outreach Story
Dear Colleagues, Thank you for supporting me as CAHL’s President during this past year. As I make the transition to serve as CAHL’s Past President, it fills me with pride to see all the great work done on behalf of and in conjunction with our Board of Directors,...
Mentorship Spotlight | Christianna Kearns
Christianna Kearns, MBA, FACHE, participated as both a mentor and a mentee in the Fall 2022 Formal Mentor Program. Learn more about CAHL's mentorship initiatives here. The deadline to apply as a mentee in the formal spring program, which runs from March through June,...
Member Spotlight | Bridget Burke
Bridget Burke is the newest member of the CAHL Finance Committee and vice president of technology company PatientPredict. She served with NCAL HIMSS and brings a wealth of experience to CAHL. Please tell us a bit about what you've been doing as a volunteer, and why...
Regent’s Message – Winter 2023
Welcome to 2023! The new year is a time of optimism and looking to the possibilities ahead. “And now we welcome the new year. Full of things that have never been.” -Rainer Maria Rilke I hope that you have had time to celebrate the successes of the past year, to...
Call to the JEDI Work 2023
The Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (JEDI) Committee recognizes the challenges that many communities face because of targeted attacks, and with the CAHL Board of Directors, acknowledges the impact this has on our membership and their families and...
Reflections on Passing the BOG Exam: Congratulations to Matthew Morgan
In December 2022, Matthew Morgan, MBA, FHFMA, of Carmel 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? As a...
Reflections on 2022
By CAHL Past-President Michael O’Connell, MHA, FACHE, FACMPE We are proud of an incredible 2022 as we led ourselves out of a pandemic and explored new ways to connect, discover, and lead. And we are proud of our continued ACHE recognition with the 2022 Award of...
Regent’s Message
By Philip Chuang, ACHE Regent In reflecting upon the 2022 accomplishments of the California Association of Healthcare Leaders, I begin with gratitude to the CAHL board and all of the CAHL members who have volunteered time to all of the activities that CAHL supports...
2022 By the Numbers
2022 Financial Statement
CAHL has $111,680.81 of total assets in reserve. The chapter’s financial performance increased favorably by $12,883.54 from last year’s due to a combination of activities including corporate sponsorship, programming events, and cost utilization.
2023 CAHL Committee Initiatives
CAHL’s 13 board committees work cross-functionally with stakeholders to create and deliver valuable offerings and services that operationalize our mission and vision. In collaboration with ACHE, we are committed to delivering tools, thought-leadership, and services to...
President’s Message: Looking Toward 2023
By CAHL President, Kelly Brian Flannery, MHA, FACHE As we bid adieu to 2022 and ring in 2023, I would like to wish everyone a Happy New Year and share my vision for the coming year and the great work the California Association of Healthcare Leaders (CAHL) Board of...
2022 HEN Scholarship Winners
Undergraduate Scholarship Winner Tehroop Notra CAHL: What school are you currently attending and what is your major? Tehroop: Currently I attend CSU, Sacramento where I am completing my undergrad in Public Health with an emphasis is Healthcare Administration. CAHL:...