by Ashley Boarman | Dec 16, 2020
A San Joaquin County hospital became one of the first rural California hospitals to receive its initial allotment of the FDA-approved Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine and started vaccinating its front-line workers this week. This is welcome news to the nurses and doctors at...
by Karin Fleming | Dec 14, 2020
As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to persist worldwide, few defenses to stop its spread have been as urgently awaited as a vaccine. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration emergency use authorization late Friday of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine cleared the way for the...
by Monique Binkley Smith | Dec 14, 2020
Since the beginning of the pandemic, an integrated health network of hospitals has reduced the stays for COVID-19 patients from an average of 20 days to just eight days today, thanks to a coordinated response deployed by the healthcare system. Sutter Health’s 24...
by Karin Fleming | Dec 11, 2020
(Last updated Dec. 24, 2020) In the biggest boost in the fight against the coronavirus, the first COVID-19 vaccine was authorized Friday by the U.S. Federal Drug Administration. State governments are now expected to authorize its use and begin getting it to those on...
by Sutter Health | Dec 9, 2020
Consumers can take better care of themselves by paying attention to which clinical teams successfully treat specific diseases and meet patients’ needs Due to COVID-19, some people hesitate to stay up to date on their medical appointments. This can lead to...
by Sutter Health | Dec 9, 2020
Sutter Health Launches the Institute for Advancing Health Equity, Enhancing its Commitment to Eliminate Health Disparities New California-Based Innovation Hub Will Accelerate Sutter’s Data-Driven Research & Evidence-Based Solutions Sacramento, Calif. — Northern...
by Sutter Health | Dec 9, 2020
Digital health leaders from some of the most trusted health systems across the country, recently came together to share ideas, plans and learnings for launching and scaling digital strategies in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The group’s first collaborative...
by Sutter Health | Dec 8, 2020
A blog from John Boyd, Sutter’s CEO of System Mental Health & Addiction Care: It is always important to reflect on our well-being, both as individuals and as a society. After the unprecedented difficulties and upheavals of 2020, it is evident: we can no...
by Monique Binkley Smith | Dec 7, 2020
At a critical time as more people experience food insecurity due to the pandemic, a first-of-its-kind project in Northern California is safely and quickly diverting hospital food that otherwise would go to waste and getting it into the mouths of the hungry. Since...
by Angie Sheets | Dec 7, 2020
You may be feeling exhausted or burned out due to the impacts of COVID-19, the climate of social unrest, and the holidays. These stressors may also cause you to feel sad or worried. Taken one by one, these events are almost unbearable but taken all together; it can...
