by Sutter Health | May 8, 2024
by Marycon Young, Vitals contributor Three decades ago, mental health was a topic wrapped in stigma and underserved by the medical community. Fast forward to today, and the conversation around mental health has dramatically shifted — thanks, in part, to places like...
by Sutter Health | May 7, 2024
By Stephanie Breitbart and Liz Madison, Vitals contributors Picture some of life’s most vulnerable moments. A baby, only seconds old, drawing in their first breaths and bellowing out tiny cries. The grimaces and grunts of someone who, despite a traumatic fall,...
by Sutter Health | May 3, 2024
SACRAMENTO, Calif.– For the second year in a row, Sutter Health was named one of America’s Best Employers for Diversity. This prestigious award, presented by Forbes and Statista Inc., reflects results from an independent survey of over 170,000 Americans who work for...
by Monique Binkley Smith | May 2, 2024
Paris Sweeney Austin is grateful for simple pleasures like taking her baby Seiori outside for a walk to feel the breeze and the warmth of the sun. It’s something the 29-year-old doesn’t take for granted after enduring six months during which her tiny newborn fought to...
by Sutter Health | May 1, 2024
Sutter Davis Hospital was identified as one of the nation’s 100 Top Hospitals for 2024, according to an independent quality analysis performed by Premier Inc. for Fortune magazine. Sutter Davis was the only California facility to be named in the “Small Community...
by Sutter Health | May 1, 2024
SACRAMENTO, Calif.– Three Sutter hospital received an “A” Hospital Safety Grade this week from The Leapfrog Group, a national nonprofit focused on patient safety. An additional seven hospital campuses in Sutter’s integrated not-for-profit system earned a “B” grade for...
by Karin Fleming | May 1, 2024
Pictured: Lyle Vanhorn and Terri Vanhorn With 30 years under his belt as a telecommunications network contractor, Lyle Vanhorn has scaled incredible heights and balanced irregular work hours that would flummox the best of us. So, when in 2022 a 5 a.m. wakeup call...
by Sutter Health | Apr 30, 2024
By Nicole Young, Vitals contributor In early 2021, frequent upset stomach and troublesome trips to the bathroom prompted Zack Kramer to seek medical attention. “Many things were happening at the same time, COVID, a stressful job, but it was becoming a bigger deal,” he...
by Monique Binkley Smith | Apr 29, 2024
Navigation Center to Offer Crucial Support to Homeless Vallejo and Solano County Residents Community leaders in Vallejo officially broke ground on a project to transform what is now a dirt lot into a welcoming place where people experiencing homelessness can find...
by Sutter Health | Apr 28, 2024
By Angela Borchert and Liz Madison, Vitals contributors Hearing a cancer diagnosis, in any language, can feel disorienting for the person on the receiving end. Helen Laffin, a 58-year-old grandmother from Folsom, Calif., learned she had stage 3 ovarian cancer in...
