by Emma Dugas | Nov 23, 2020
Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, frontline healthcare workers within Sutter Health’s network have received an outpouring of support from community members in the regions they serve. Individuals and organizations have donated equipment, bought meals for...
by Emma Dugas | Nov 6, 2020
SACRAMENTO, Calif. —Integrated Healthcare Association (IHA) has recognized six Sutter Medical Network (SMN) organizations for achieving top marks on quality and/or patient experience measures while effectively managing cost of care for Commercial HMO patients in 2019....
by Emma Dugas | Nov 5, 2020
Philip Randolph Lee, M.D., who died at age 96 on Oct. 26, was a nationally known advocate for access to high quality healthcare who served presidents, desegregated hospitals, led San Francisco through the AIDS epidemic, served as a university chancellor and...
by Emma Dugas | Oct 16, 2020
By Emma Dugas, Vitals contributor Catherine Martin D.O., MPH has spent seven years and $400,000 training to be a doctor, but time and money don’t reflect the full price of becoming a physician. “I’ve made countless sacrifices, put my life on hold really, so I could...
by Emma Dugas | Oct 16, 2020
By Emma Dugas, Vitals contributor Yi and Esther Wang are saving up to buy a house, but for now, their son’s hospital room feels like home. The Sunnyvale couple are both registered nurses and they both work with specialists – doctors who have extra training in a...
