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Volunteer Spotlight | Kimberly Duangchai Lamountry
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 serve as a member of the CAHL HEN committee and I am the Vice Chair of the CAHL Student council. In these roles, I bridge the connection from...
Gratitude and Giving Lead to Quadruple “Wins”
Laura Palmer, DHA, CMT, CLT, knows that a culture of health starts with service. As a member of the CAHL Volunteer Outreach and Member Recognition Committee, she shares her passion for volunteering this month and encourages all members to seek out opportunities to...
7 Components of Leading High-Performing Teams: A Note from the Chapter President – December 2022
In the past I’ve attended a leadership retreat with over 600 participants focused on “Building the Bridge to Our Future.” We learned that communication is key and that we need to work together in teams to accomplish our goals. One exercise of the day was working in...
Reflections on Passing the BOG Exam: Congratulations to Connie Moss
In November 2022, Connie Moss, MBA, of San Francisco passed the Board of Governors exam to earn her FACHE, bringing another board-certified leader into the CAHL community. Connie is focused on optimizing patient experiences and shares below her thoughts on the FACHE...
Reflections on Passing the BOG Exam: Congratulations to Lieutenant Kionna Myles
In October 2022, a member of the CAHL Communications Committee, Lieutenant Kionna Myles FACHE, joined the select group of CAHL members who have passed the Board of Governors Exam in Healthcare Management. Kionna, who is a member of the United States Navy, prepared via...
Showing Gratitude for CAHL: A Note from the Chapter President – November 2022
The Thanksgiving Holiday is just around the corner, and it gives us pause to reflect on our many blessings. Giving thanks and showing gratitude are a part of our culture, and I wanted to take a moment to show my appreciation for CAHL’s many talents and gifts by...
Regent’s Message – Fall 2022
Year End Reflection As you approach the end of the year, it is an important time for leaders to self-reflect on how the year has gone, celebrate successes and develop plans for the new year, and think about priorities for your own personal development as well as the...
Policy Watch: Oct. 26 Hearing on New Prenatal Screening Regulations
By Chantelle Schenning What we’re watching: Emergency DPH-21-008E Prenatal Screening Regulations On September 19th, 2022, these Regulations went into effect without a comment period or opportunity for stakeholder engagement and now apply to all Californians...
Applying Transformational Leadership to the Collaborative Field of Radiation Therapy
By Cheryl Young, EdD, RT(T) This Sponsor Contribution is excerpted from the Master’s Thesis of the author and is reprinted with permission. Radiation Therapy, as defined by educators Perez and Brady (2008),1 is a clinical modality utilizing ionizing radiation to treat...
Reflections on Passing the BOG Exam: Congratulations to Nikhil Singal
This past month, CAHL board member Nikhil Singal, MHA, FACHE, joined the select group of CAHL members who have passed the Board of Governors Exam in Healthcare Management. Nikhil, who is Vice President of Operations with Sierra Health and Wellness Centers, prepared...
HEN Committee Call for Action: Volunteer as a Scholarship Judge
September 2022 was quite the busy month for the CAHL Higher Education Network (HEN) Committee! Our biggest change was that a new Student Chair was selected: Tehroop Notra from Sacramento State. Tehroop will help lead the student council, which consists of CAHL Student...
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...
Regent’s Message – September 2022
As we reach the end of summer, I trust that you and your teams have taken time away from work to rest and recharge with friends and family. As we transition to a new “steady state” phase of the pandemic with new CDC guidance , we continue to be faced with challenges...
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:
In Their Words
We asked CAHL Board members to reflect on the first in-person annual meeting since 2019.The CAHL Annual Meeting was... “Incredible … inspiring … impactful … heartwarming.” - Michael O’Connell, FACHE, Chief Operating Officer, Stanford Medicine Partners, CAHL President...
2022 CAHL Annual Meeting Keynote: Anthony A. Armada
The evening progressed into awards and inspiration, following a joyful introduction by CAHL president Michael O’Connell, who captured the sentiment of many meeting outside of video calls for the first time: “People have feet! And they do have shoes! And some people...
Paving an Unorthodox Path: Learning from Leader Philip Chuang
By Abraham Cicchetti, MSHA, CHEP, Campus Director, Gurnick Academy of Medical ArtsPhilip Chuang, FACHE, Northern & Central California ACHE Regent, has had an unorthodox journey to leadership. The ACHE Regent for both CAHL and the Central California chapter has...
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...
Sign up for the 2022 Summer Mentor Program
The Mentor Program has two program offerings- Formal and Informal Program. As the Chair to the Mentor Program, I am excited to share that we had a successful 3- month Spring Formal Mentor Program. With a cohort of 28 mentors/mentees, ranging from early careerist to...
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...