California HealthCare Foundation Appoints New Program Director and Senior Program Officer.OAKLAND, Calif. -- Maribeth Shannon to Lead Hospitals and Nursing Homes Program; Veenu Aulakh Joins Chronic Care Disease Care Program The California HealthCare Foundation has hired two outstanding individuals to fill key leadership positions for its areas of strategic focus. Maribeth Shannon, M.S., has been appointed director of the Hospitals and Nursing Home program; Veenu Aulakh, M.P.H., has been appointed senior program officer for the Chronic Disease Care program. "With these appointments we have taken another important step toward building strong teams for the work of the Chronic Disease Care and Hospitals and Nursing Homes programs," said Mark Smith, M.D., M.B.A., president and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of the California HealthCare Foundation (CHCF CHCF California HealthCare Foundation CHCF Committee for Hispanic Children and Families CHCF California High Cost Fund CHCF Capitol Hill Community Foundation CHCF Community Health & Care Forum CHCF Complementary Healthcare Consultative Forum ). "These are two of the Foundation's four central program areas, where we focus our efforts to have the greatest impact on ensuring that all Californians have access to affordable, quality health care." "We are fortunate to have Maribeth join CHCF. Her knowledge, experience, and commitment to improving health care services will ensure that the Hospitals and Nursing Homes program makes a real difference for Californians who deserve access to a reliable, affordable, and quality system of hospital, emergency, and nursing home care," said Dr. Smith. Ms. Shannon joins CHCF from the University of California The University of California has a combined student body of more than 191,000 students, over 1,340,000 living alumni, and a combined systemwide and campus endowment of just over $7.3 billion (8th largest in the United States). , Office of the President, where she was assistant vice president, for Clinical Services Development. She received a master's of science degree in health administration from the University of Colorado University of Colorado may refer to:
Prior to her work at the University of California, Ms. Shannon was executive director of HCP HCP, n healthcare provider, a professional who specializes in treating and managing a person's general or specific health needs. A Partnership for Health, a contracting alliance of 12 hospitals and their associated medical groups; manager of employee benefits at Mervyn's California; and held various positions in project management and provider payment systems at Blue Cross of California. Ms. Aulakh joins the rapidly growing Chronic Disease Care program where opportunities are being identified to support improvements in disease management through the use of information technology, the design of clinical systems, and health care financing - all for the benefit of patients with chronic diseases, such as asthma or diabetes. "Veenu's background in disease management and her passion for empowering consumers to better manage their own chronic conditions will enhance our team. Her expertise will help us identify policy and financing options that promote chronic disease care in California based on the best available science and practice," said Sophia Chang, M.D., M.P.H., director of CHCF's chronic disease care program. Ms Aulakh joins CHCF from Kaiser Permanente Kaiser Permanente is an integrated managed care organization, based in Oakland, California, founded in 1945 by industrialist Henry J. Kaiser and physician Sidney R. Garfield. where she was a senior project manager in the Regional Health Education Department. She received a master's of science degree in health policy and management from the Harvard School of Public Health The Harvard School of Public Health is (colloquially, HSPH) is one of the professional graduate schools of Harvard University. Located in Longwood Area of the Boston, Massachusetts neighborhood of Mission Hill, next to Harvard Medical School and Cambridge, Massachusetts, and has a bachelor's of science degree in industrial and operations engineering from the University of Michigan (body, education) University of Michigan - A large cosmopolitan university in the Midwest USA. Over 50000 students are enrolled at the University of Michigan's three campuses. The students come from 50 states and over 100 foreign countries. . While at Kaiser Permanente Ms. Aulakh was also a consultant in the Care Management Institute. She previously worked for CareGuide as director of strategic projects and for Abbott Laboratories Abbott Laboratories (NYSE: ABT) is a diversified pharmaceuticals and health care company. It has over 65,000 employees and operates in 130 countries. The corporate headquarters are in Abbott Park, Illinois, a neighborhood of North Chicago, Illinois. as a project manager in the diagnostics division. About the California HealthCare Foundation The California HealthCare Foundation (CHCF) is an independent philanthropy committed to improving California's health care delivery and financing systems. For more information, visit www.chcf.org. |
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