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...
by Karin Fleming | Jul 19, 2023
As people age, they may experience an increase in things like grey hair, weight around the middle and potentially lapses in memory. But some aspects of our body’s functioning decrease with age, and muscle mass is one. Sarcopenia, a reduction in skeletal muscle mass...
by Karin Fleming | Jul 17, 2023
A moving documentary describes actor Michael J. Fox’s rise to stardom and at one time his hidden Parkinson’s disease (PD) diagnosis. He spent years concealing his condition. After going public with his disease in 1998, he devoted himself to raising awareness and...
by Sutter Health | Jul 13, 2023
SACRAMENTO, Calif. – Sutter Health has named two new hospital CEOs in the Bay Area: Hamila Kownacki as CEO of Sutter’s California Pacific Medical Center (CPMC) in San Francisco; and Darian Harris will serve as CEO of Sutter’s Mills-Peninsula Medical Center (MPMC) in...
