Dignity Health Mercy Medical Group Announces New Chief Administrative Officer

Dignity Well being Mercy Medical Group has named Jahmal Miller as their Chief Administrative Officer (CAO). On this position, Miller strategically leads Dignity Well being Mercy Medical Group’s organizational improvement, well being system relationships, expertise administration and enterprise operations. Miller involves Dignity Well being Mercy Medical Group from Dignity Well being’s dad or mum firm, CommonSpirit Well being, just lately serving as system vice chairman of range, fairness and inclusion.

“Jahmal joins Dignity Well being Mercy Medical Group with an in depth management background and confirmed skills to determine, have interaction, affect and align senior leaders on probably the most difficult well being care considerations of our day,” stated Alan Shatzel, DO, MBA, CEO of Dignity Well being Mercy Medical Group. “His information of the well being care trade, and former management position inside CommonSpirit Well being make him an distinctive new member of the Dignity Well being Mercy Medical Group govt workforce.”

Miller is newly elected to the California Endowment’s Board of Administrators, and he just lately co-led a system-wide CommonSpirit Well being partnership with the Morehouse College of Drugs and the Nationwide COVID-19 Resiliency Community, sponsored by the U.S. Division of Well being and Human Companies’ Workplace of Minority Well being. His demonstrated management has led him to receiving formal appointments to the American Psychological Affiliation’s Presidential Well being Fairness Process Pressure in December, 2020 and the deputy director position for the California Division of Public Well being’s Workplace of Well being Fairness in 2013. 

“I’m excited to proceed Dignity Well being Mercy Medical Group’s work to advertise a optimistic, skilled tradition with a deal with fairness, inclusion, range and belonging,” stated Miller. “I stay up for collaborating with medical leaders to develop and develop our group as we proceed to supply distinctive care to the sufferers and communities we serve.”

Previous to becoming a member of CommonSpirit Well being in 2019, Miller served because the director of company repute and thought management with Blue Protect of California. He additionally served in numerous management roles for Kaiser Permanente and Sutter Well being, and is internationally acknowledged as a thought chief and skilled on points pertaining to well being care, public well being, well being fairness, psychological well being and public coverage. He has just lately been acknowledged as a “Prime 100 beneath 50” award recipient by Range MBA, a “Prime 40 beneath 40” award recipient by the Sacramento Enterprise Journal and as a Trendy Healthcare Rising Chief.

Miller is a graduate of Columbia College the place he earned a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology. He additionally holds a Grasp’s of Well being Administration from the College of Southern California and an Honorary Doctorate in Humane Letters (DHL) diploma from the Western College of Well being Sciences, recognizing his lifetime achievements within the discipline of well being and human providers. Jahmal is a Sacramento native and notes that his proudest achievements are his roles as a husband and father.