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...
by Sutter Health | Dec 7, 2020
This is part of a series celebrating those individuals who define themselves by what they can do, not what they can’t do. Due to a car accident as a pre-teen, Vanessa Whitehead is confined to a wheelchair. Yet, she doesn’t define herself by what she can’t do, but...
by Monique Binkley Smith | Dec 7, 2020
The Carol Ann Read Breast Health Center at Alta Bates Summit Medical Center, part of Sutter Health’s not-for-profit integrated network of care, has launched a new mobile mammography van to provide convenient access to screening mammography services for underserved...
by Monique Binkley Smith | Dec 6, 2020
Separating flu vaccination fact from fiction can be challenging in this age of information overload. But it’s critical to have the facts straight because influenza and COVID-19 are separate viruses –so we run the risk of contracting both at the same time. That’s why...
by Karin Fleming | Dec 5, 2020
As the COVID-19 pandemic persists worldwide, researchers are working to safely and effectively bring new treatments and vaccines to hospitals and physicians in order to detect the disease, curb its spread and help save lives. Since the beginning of the pandemic...
