by Sutter Health | Feb 24, 2021
Becker’s Healthcare recently interviewed Albert Chan, M.D., Sutter Health’s chief of digital patient experience, about the digital transformation across the healthcare industry and how Sutter’s teams have worked to expand telehealth capabilities in the...
by Monique Binkley Smith | Feb 18, 2021
No burgers, fries or milkshakes are available at Alameda County’s newest drive-through — but on Wednesday people lined up in their cars and were smiling all the same. The reason? Instead of a double with cheese and extra pickles, Seniors 65+ and community healthcare...
by Emma Dugas | Feb 18, 2021
By Emma Dugas, Vitals contributor Not at a mega-center and not reliant on cars, San Francisco’s latest COVID-19 vaccine site has an unusual location, at SF Market, the city’s wholesale produce market. Located in the city’s Bayview neighborhood, experts believe...
by Sutter Health | Feb 16, 2021
A blog from John Boyd, PsyD, CEO for Mental Health & Addiction Care at Sutter Health The ability to see and be seen has always been an essential part of feeling connected to other human beings. Before we adopted mask-wearing to stay safe from COVID-19, some of us...
by Gary Zavoral | Feb 15, 2021
Vitals Managing Editor Angie Sheets contributed to this story. On Jan. 3, Edna Brown turned 107. On Feb. 4, she got a COVID-19 vaccination. Both historic events in the life of Edna, who has a lot of history herself. She grew up picking cotton in the South and riding...
by Sutter Health | Feb 10, 2021
The Sutter Health network continues to advance its digital capabilities to offer safe, convenient, affordable and seamless care for patients and clinicians during the pandemic. The organization recently launched an online COVID-19 vaccination scheduling feature on its...
by Ashley Boarman | Feb 10, 2021
As brother and sister, Jesse Elliott, 74, and Christine Veraldi, 63, grew up doing just about everything together, including smoking. Both were surrounded by cigarettes beginning at a young age, leading to severe lung damage later in life. Now they both share...
by Karin Fleming | Feb 10, 2021
Jane Finch*, 87, was hospitalized with a serious bacterial skin infection that caused significant loss of mobility and difficulty walking. Like many seniors, she wanted to return to her San Francisco home, but needed help with that transition. That’s where a...
by Monique Binkley Smith | Feb 9, 2021
Sutter Health and Stanford Medicine have formalized a joint venture between the two health systems to expand access to coordinated, state-of-the-art cancer services for patients and their families in the East Bay. The Stanford Medicine | Sutter Health Cancer...
by Gary Zavoral | Feb 6, 2021
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Seventeen Sutter Health ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs) have been listed among Newsweek magazine’s Best Ambulatory Surgery Centers for 2021 — and Palo Alto Medical Foundation Surgery Center, Palo Alto is ranked No. 1 in California!...
