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How a Virtual Pharmacy Is Leading to Better Heart Health

How a Virtual Pharmacy Is Leading to Better Heart Health

By Debbie Ritenour and Marycon Young, Vitals contributors In the fall of 2023, Linda Miller was not feeling well. For months, she had been experiencing shortness of breath, fatigue and bloating, and she was taking a diuretic every day to control her symptoms. When a...

Sutter Achieves West Coast First in Mitral Valve Replacement

Sutter Achieves West Coast First in Mitral Valve Replacement

SAN FRANCISCO – Sutter’s California Pacific Medical Center has become the first hospital in California and the West Coast to implant the AltaValve™ System in a patient with mitral valve disease as part of the ATLAS pivotal clinical trial. This potentially...

Crowd-Sourced Idea May Be Next Big Alzheimer’s Innovation

Crowd-Sourced Idea May Be Next Big Alzheimer’s Innovation

Lisamarie LaVallee, left, memory program manager for Sutter’s Health’s neuroscience services, and Dr. Shawn Kile, neurologist with Sutter Medical Group, celebrate their team's win. When Sutter Health employees or clinicians have a suggestion to improve patient care...

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