by Sutter Health | Nov 9, 2023
First CAR-T Cell Therapy Patient at Bay Area Community Hospital on Quick Road to Recovery By Kathy Engle and Monique Binkley Smith, Vitals contributors Robert Vincent had been living cancer free for 14 years when a visit to the doctor for what he thought was a...
by Sutter Health | Nov 8, 2023
by Clayton Warren and Monique Binkley Smith, Vitals contributors Traditional Chinese Medicine treatments like acupuncture and herbal medicine evolved over thousands of years. TCM practitioners “seek to restore a dynamic balance between two complementary forces, yin...
by Sutter Health | Nov 6, 2023
(L-R) Michael Chinnavaso, Mark Seiler, Sarah Price, Maddy Price | September 2023 By Kathy Engle, Vitals contributor Thanks to generous donations to Ride-On for Melanoma Research, a patient suite has been named in honor of Shawn Price on the cancer unit of the Van Ness...
by Sutter Health | Nov 6, 2023
Three Sutter hospitals today received an “A” Hospital Safety Grade from The Leapfrog Group, a national nonprofit focused on patient safety. An additional eight hospital campuses in Sutter Health’s not-for-profit system earned a “B” grade for prioritizing patient...
by Sutter Health | Nov 3, 2023
SACRAMENTO, Calif. – Sutter Health has received notification that one of its vendors was affected by the MOVEit ransomware attack, leading to an unauthorized user gaining access and potentially extracting Sutter Health patient information. Welltok, Inc., a...
by Ashley Boarman | Nov 3, 2023
Just in time for Lung Cancer Awareness Month, an interventional pulmonary team in San Francisco is celebrating its 200th robotic bronchoscopy for the early detection of lung cancer. The minimally invasive procedure is available at Sutter’s California Pacific Medical...
by Sutter Health | Oct 31, 2023
BAY AREA, Calif. – Sutter California Pacific Medical Center Van Ness Campus and Sutter Mills-Peninsula Medical Center have been named by Newsweek as America’s Best-In-State Hospitals 2024. This prestigious award is presented by Newsweek and Statista Inc., a...
by Sutter Health | Oct 30, 2023
By Anita Creamer, Vitals contributor It was eight years ago. Imelda Martinez was in great shape, training for a half-marathon and working out. One leg was chronically painful, but she expected aches and pains. She took ibuprofen and had massages, but the leg...
by Sutter Health | Oct 26, 2023
Winter is around the corner, bringing an intensity to the respiratory illness season that has already begun. And whether last year’s “triple-demic” — marked by simultaneous flu, COVID and RSV infections — repeats itself or not, healthcare workers are already focused...
by Sutter Health | Oct 26, 2023
By Kathy Engle, Vitals contributor Sixteen years after the publication of Something that Matters: Life, Love, and Unexpected Adventures in the Middle of the Journey, this collection of essays from the Oakland-based Wednesday Writers is still making an impact in our...
