by Sutter Health | Apr 15, 2022
By Kelly Smits and Liz Madison, Vitals contributors COVID-19 continues to lay bare longstanding inequities in health and healthcare outcomes. The inequities have been widely documented for one common healthcare encounter: childbirth. And now, an innovation center...
by Sutter Health | Apr 14, 2022
By Anita Creamer and Liz Madison, Vitals contributors Who can’t relate to receiving a bill in the mail you thought was already taken care of? Now imagine that bill is because your health insurance decided it was not going to pay for a needed medical service. But did...
by Sutter Health | Apr 11, 2022
SAN FRANCICO – California Pacific Medical Center Foundation has named Allison Duignan as Executive Director. Duignan joins the Foundation from CCS Fundraising—a strategic fundraising firm that partners with nonprofits for transformational change while embedding...
by Sutter Health | Mar 25, 2022
By Karin Fleming and Liz Madison, Vitals contributors Recent data indicate that 12% of all colorectal cancer patients are now under the age of 50. It’s a startling trend that prompted the American Cancer Society and other volunteer healthcare organizations to...
by Sutter Health | Mar 24, 2022
Gisel Preciado knows firsthand how having doctors and nurses who speak the same language and come from the same culture can improve a person’s health. Since middle school, she helped her Spanish-speaking grandmother manage her diabetes, accompanying her to doctor and...