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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...
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...