by Sutter Health | Aug 3, 2023
By Mark McCoubrey, Vitals contributor Love stories like the one of David and Lois Warren are timeless. Their lives reflected a deep affection for each other and an endless curiosity of the world around them. And in their deaths, their love endures—lifting up those...
by Karin Fleming | Aug 3, 2023
Many new moms benefit from advice and tips from their own mothers when caring for their newborn. Few have the opportunity to receive such support from their grandmothers and great grandmothers. Twenty-year-old Matilynn Stevens was lucky enough to receive that “legacy”...
by Sutter Health | Aug 1, 2023
Physicians play a central role in delivering care to patients, but that doesn’t mean that doctors do it alone. Most physicians in California are part of a medical group, sharing resources and administrative tasks, so more of their days can stay focused on medicine....
by rosemvv@sutterhealth.org | Aug 1, 2023
For 13 years, Catherine lived with undiagnosed Atrial Fibrillation (AFib), a condition associated with stroke risk. Symptoms such as irregular heartbeat, shortness of breath and fatigue manifested sporadically, sometimes with months in between. “Every other month or...
by Sutter Health | Aug 1, 2023
Three Sutter Health hospitals achieved recognition today as being among the best hospitals in California for 2023-24 from U.S. News & World Report, a global leader in quality rankings. The annual rankings rate top hospitals in the state and in major metropolitan...
by Ashley Boarman | Jul 28, 2023
Katie Davis once weighed only as much as six sticks of butter, recalls her mom, Phyllis Davis. “She easily fit in the palm of her dad’s hand,” Phyllis says. “Her head was the size of a small lemon.” Born at 24-weeks (a full-term pregnancy is 40 weeks), Katie was a...
by Sutter Health | Jul 27, 2023
By Bryan Gardner and Monique Binkley Smith, Vitals contributors Within 10 years, the U.S. health system will face a critical shortage of up to 124,000 doctors, according to the American Medical Association. What will this shortage mean for patients? Experts say it...
by Sutter Health | Jul 26, 2023
An impressive 10 Sutter hospital campuses have earned five stars—the highest ranking possible—in the recent update to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) overall hospital quality star ratings. An additional five hospital campuses in the...
by Sutter Health | Jul 25, 2023
Samuel Merritt University and Sutter Health Join Forces to Help Grow Nurse Leaders Who Will Focus on Reducing Health Disparities OAKLAND, Calif. – The nation’s first candidate for a new Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) Fellowship aimed at developing future health...
by Sutter Health | Jul 20, 2023
By Anita Creamer, Vitals contributor The disability community knows July 26 as Disability Independence Day, the anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act becoming law in 1990. Disability rights are civil rights, and simply put, the ADA protects people with...
