Nick Drews, Director of the County of San Luis Obispo Health Agency, sat down with past CAHL president Michael O’Connell to discuss what it means to be an authentic leader in the agricultural mecca in Southern California. Listen to the full podcast on CAHL’s YouTube...
ACHE Congress Chicago: Elevating Healthcare Leadership through “Big Ideas”
By Abraham Cicchetti The American College of Health Executives (ACHE) 2024 Congress in Chicago, under the ambitious theme...
Organizational Culture: The North Star in Healthcare
By Christianna Kearns Culture is defined as a set of shared attitudes, values, goals, and practices that characterizes an organization. It’s bigger than just a set of ideals; it’s how we are seen in the community and the relationships we build by connecting with...
Embracing Uncertainty: Healthcare Leadership in the AI Era
By Bridget K. Burke Within 10 years, AI may be able to do “80% of 80% of all jobs that we know of today,” venture capitalist and early OpenAI backer Vinod Khosla boldly told the Wall Street Journal’s Tech Live conference in October 2023. On the more conservative end...
Crafting Your Destiny in a Post-Covid Era – Lessons from Avatar: The Last Airbender
By Priscilla Knolle, MBBS, MAT, FACHE The COVID-19 pandemic created a change in basic assumptions on a global scale, necessitating renewed reconciliation with the uncertainties of life, disrupting prevalent inequities, self-transformation through seizing inner power...
Promoting a Culture of Safety: A Crisis Communication Initiative
By Yurlene S. Dela Cruz I had the privilege to be a Project Creator of a Black Belt Process Improvement initiative on “Crisis Communication.” As a Lean Leader, I focused from a strategic perspective supporting the values of the High Reliability Organization (HRO)....
Strategic Leadership in Healthcare: Addressing Growth, Modernization, and Workforce Challenges
By Abraham Cicchetti The healthcare industry is undergoing a period of unprecedented change, driven by rapid growth, technological advancements, and evolving workforce dynamics. Healthcare leaders are at the forefront of managing these challenges, necessitating...
Gurnick Takes Health Education ‘Above and Beyond’: 1 Professor, 2 Doctorates—Many Mummies
By Cindy R. Chamberlin, Gurnick Academy of Medical Arts Once upon a time, people thought King Tut had been “done in by a blow to the head,” as Science put it in 2005. It was radiology that closed the book on that supposition and radiology that posited other causes–a...
5 Keys to Success When Building a Diverse Health Leadership
By Vanessa Flores, Director, and Jeff Oxendine, CEO, Health Career Connection Building a diverse health leadership team is crucial for the success of any health organization. A diverse leadership team brings different perspectives, experiences, and ideas to the table,...
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...