Integrated Systems Uniquely Built to Fight COVID

Integrated Systems Uniquely Built to Fight COVID

COVID-19 cases and hospitalization rates continue to decline across California. While the pandemic’s effects will be everlasting, this serves as an important moment while the state takes the incremental steps to reopen. Industries and services across the world...
She Broke Through Barriers for Career and Community

She Broke Through Barriers for Career and Community

Meg Walker and Emma Dugas contributed to this story To say that Rachel Valdez is passionate about healthcare is almost an understatement. For more than a decade Valdez has worked her way up at the Palo Alto Medical Foundation (PAMF)–from patient service...
Making the Connections to Help Yourself and Others

Making the Connections to Help Yourself and Others

As we observe Mental Health Awareness Month, we feature the personal story of Tracy Messenio, CEO of SutterSelect and vice president of Total Health & Productivity Management. She leaned on mental health resources available at Sutter during a challenging time...
Stroke at 3,000 Feet: Hike Becomes an Emergency

Stroke at 3,000 Feet: Hike Becomes an Emergency

By Rachel Merriman, Vitals contributor David Lee clicked on his headlamp as the last beams of sunlight filtered through the dense brush near the top of Bake Oven Trail. Although an avid hiker, he was not all too keen to set off on a 6-mile-long treacherous nighttime...