by Sutter Health | Apr 24, 2023
Julius Caesar said, “Experience is the teacher of all things.” And some of those lessons come courtesy of healthcare. Whether you receive treatment for a bee sting or you undergo brachytherapy, it matters how your care is delivered. It can also shape your perspective...
by Sutter Health | Apr 21, 2023
SACRAMENTO, Calif. – Sutter Health has named Dominic Nakis to join the not-for-profit Northern California healthcare system to serve as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer while the organization conducts a national search for a permanent CFO over the...
by Gary Zavoral | Apr 20, 2023
It’s One of Just Two Hospitals in the Western U.S. to Achieve Comprehensive Cardiac Center Certification SACRAMENTO, Calif. – Sutter Medical Center, Sacramento is one of just 16 heart programs in the nation and only the second in the West to earn The Joint...
by Liz Madison | Apr 17, 2023
There has been lots of discussion about how environmental factors can impact health. Poor air quality can affect respiratory conditions like asthma or COPD. Climate change-fueled weather events like heat waves may spur on heat strokes or other heat-related illness....
by Sutter Health | Apr 14, 2023
By Cat Valles, Vitals contributor When some people dream of retirement, they think of warm, sandy beaches, golfing, or gardening. For Cyndy “Red” Forbes, after 14 years as a nurse in the Emergency Department at Sutter Lakeside Hospital, the community where she worked...
by Sutter Health | Apr 13, 2023
By Cat Valles, Anita Creamer and Liz Madison, Vitals contributors Recent studies have indicated that volunteerism is down since the middle of the pandemic. Organizations across the country are looking for additional support and one sector in particular need is...
by Monique Binkley Smith | Apr 13, 2023
Shaniya Peterson was jumping rope with her two little girls the day after Thanksgiving when she began feeling severe pain in her back, jaw and back of the head. She lay down thinking she’d overdone it in the cold, but the pain didn’t go away. Then she got what she...
by Sutter Health | Apr 13, 2023
By Anita Creamer, Vitals contributor Before their son’s diagnosis, Anthony and Lisa Lopez didn’t know much about autism. Then their son, Abraham, was diagnosed with a form of mild autism and general speech disorder. “He still wasn’t talking well past age 2, so we took...
by Liz Madison | Apr 12, 2023
Student housing has always been a part of the college experience narrative. In years past, the historically short supply was seen as an inconvenience to students and a headache for parents. But today, even as student housing options may have expanded, affording that...
by Karin Fleming | Apr 11, 2023
Ben Moseley, a healthy 13-year-old, is known for speed and agility on the basketball court. But in August 2022 an alarming spread of bacterial infection in his body stopped him in his tracks and jeopardized his life. “It was truly frightening to see how quickly Ben’s...
