by Emma Dugas | Nov 16, 2023
A nurse for more than 20 years, Cris Panaligan tells patients that his job is to help them stabilize after surgery, injury or illness. Part of that job is to keep a watchful eye over the healing process and respond to new or worsening symptoms. Thanks to new...
by Karin Fleming | Nov 15, 2023
Stefan Walczak, 74, has experienced his fair share of journeys as a volunteer train driver in Yuba City, Calif., about 40 miles north of Sacramento. But nothing could prepare him for the “ride of a lifetime” his seventh decade would bring. Walczak, a former smoker and...
by Sutter Health | Nov 13, 2023
by Craig Baize and Liz Madison, Vitals contributors An iconic fictional character once famously professed, “There is no place like home.” That phrase takes on new meaning for the Whitecotton family of Modesto, California. They have found a second home in the most...
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...
