Study Reveals Black Patients Could Have Faced COVID Care Delays Via Device Bias
The healthcare community has acknowledged how unconscious human bias by individual providers can impact care. Now research reveals how bias embedded within medical technology affects outcomes as well. A new study released today by Sutter Health, links medical...
Sneak Peek: How an Ad Campaign Salutes Health System’s Workforce
By Anita Creamer and Monique Binkley Smith, Vitals contributors It’s been a challenging time in healthcare. So when one Northern California healthcare system began planning its fall 2022 advertising campaign, its marketing team decided to highlight the system’s...
Shot and Hit in Head: How He Healed from Alleged Hate Attack
Travis Barber was feeling lucky. Less than an hour before, he had been discharged from a rehabilitation hospital a month after suffering a critical brain injury caused by a gunshot and pistol-whipping. He still had only half his skull; the other half was removed to...
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Flu Disappeared During COVID; Will It Be Back This Year?
Receiving this year’s flu shot and the newly-approved COVID bivalent booster offer protection against both circulating viruses, says infectious disease expert. With countries like Australia and New Zealand reporting their worst flu season in five years, a...
Future Focused: Q&A with Sutter’s Next CEO
Warner L. Thomas will join Sutter Health as its next president and CEO by early December 2022. He is the first CEO to be hired from outside the organization in nearly 40 years. He has more than 30 years’ experience in healthcare and a proven track record of driving...
Farm to Fork Takes New Meaning with School-Based Nutrition Program
California is an agricultural epicenter—long admired for the variety of fruits, vegetables and other farm-fresh products it produces. Yet, access to healthy food items isn’t always a given for those in the Golden State. Only 25% of kids eat enough of the...
Virtual Pharmacy Is an Easier Pill to Swallow for Heart Patients
Patrick O’Sullivan, 84, of Modesto, Calif., struggled for years with shortness of breath, fatigue, swollen ankles and unexplained weight gain. Diagnosed in 2012 with heart failure and now proactively managing his condition, O’Sullivan was initially prescribed heart...
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How a New Program is Reducing Stress for Healthcare Workers
By Meg Walker and Ashley Boarman, Vitals contributors A certain amount of work stress is normal no matter what career you’re in. This was true before the pandemic but coping with the Covid virus may have increased work-related stress for some healthcare workers....
COVID Scare Leads to the Best in Critical-Care Nurse Training
Brad Brack, left, who is on the board of the Beard Land and Investment Co., is shown the training capabilities of the Advanced Critical Skills Lab by Memorial Medical Center NICU nurse Sonja Loehr and clinical nurse educator Penny Owen. The Beard company donated...
Rock-Climbing Patient’s Recovery Motivates Hospital Staff
Anna Parsons never expected to visit—let alone be a patient—inside an American hospital. The 21-year-old from New Zealand had come to the United States to explore the natural glory of Yosemite National Park. However, the avid rock climber and surfer took a...
Born Tiny, These NICU Grads Deserve Their Superhero Capes
There were lots of big smiles from nearly 200 growing children who were tiny at birth, but none smiled bigger than Loriellen Byron. That’s because Loriellen was celebrating her life that started 39 years ago when she was born premature at just 1 pound, 6 ounces....