by Suzanne Hopkins | May 2, 2022
Su-Ying Liang, Ph.D.; Cheryl D Stults; Veena G Jones, M.D.; Qiwen Huang; Jeremy Sutton; Guy Tennyson; Albert S Chan, M.D., M.S. JMIR Hum Factors 2022;9(1):e34090 View the Study on JMIR Publications here. ABSTRACT: Background: Behavioral economics–based...
by Sutter Health | May 2, 2022
When it comes to skin cancer, there’s good news and bad news. The bad: Skin cancer is the most common of all cancers, with more than 3 million Americans diagnosed every year. The good news: Skin cancer is easily prevented and, if detected and treated early, most cases...
by Liz Madison | May 2, 2022
Research has shown that lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ+) individuals are 2.5 times more likely to experience mental health hurdles than non-LGBTQ+ individuals due in part to discrimination and social stigma. That is why safe havens for...
by Sutter Health | May 2, 2022
Mills-Peninsula Hospital Foundation (MPHF) has named Amanda Kiernan Martin as Executive Director. Ms. Kiernan Martin joins MPHF from CPMC Foundation where she served as Director of Gift Planning. While serving in this role, she helped to secure the second largest gift...
by Sutter Health | Apr 28, 2022
By Angie Sheets with contributions from Dr. Ron Cotterel and Vitals staff writers Do you reach for that third cup of coffee to get you through marathon zoom meetings or down several sodas or energy drinks to pull you through the afternoon slump? If so, it might be...
by Sutter Health | Apr 28, 2022
By Karin Fleming, Vitals contributor Every second counts to prevent long-term disability or death from a stroke. In 2019, Sutter patient and San Carlos, Calif., resident Ram Madduluri came to know the urgency of this ticking clock when his stroke was treated on a...
by Sutter Health | Apr 28, 2022
By Luke Pedersen, Vitals contributor Like many people his age, 71-year-old Bay Area resident Otis Griffin preferred seeing his doctors and other healthcare providers only through in-person visits. Today, Griffin is finding success in achieving many of his wellness...
by Angie Sheets | Apr 21, 2022
For National Volunteer Week (April 17-23), Vitals will introduce readers to a few of the thousands of Northern Californians who give their valuable time to help patients, visitors and staff at medical facilities. In this final installment, we meet Alyce Glazer, who...
by Sutter Health | Apr 19, 2022
Telehealth has skyrocketed and with good reason – it creates greater access to convenient care – benefitting patients and clinicians. In a recent edition of Comstock’s, Dr. Albert Chan, vice president and chief of digital health at Sutter Health, shares how digital...
by Sutter Health | Apr 18, 2022
“By moving forward with today’s costly and disruptive strike, union leadership has made it clear they are willing to put politics above patients and the nurses they represent – despite the intervention of federal mediators and our willingness to bargain in good faith...
