by Sutter Health | Nov 1, 2022
By Karin Fleming and Liz Madison, Vitals contributors Cancer treatment has come a long way since the days of Mad Men where characters appeared to smoke as much as they spoke. Yet cancer is still one of the most foreboding diagnoses one can hear—especially when it...
by Liz Madison | Nov 1, 2022
Amy Bonillas says she wants to change the world. Keep in mind, she isn’t a wide-eyed, young person brimming with idealism. She is older, wiser and has faced her fair share of adversity. It’s this background that propels her to try and make a meaningful impact on...
by Sutter Health | Oct 28, 2022
Hundreds of virtual attendees and dozens of in-person guests gathered on Oct. 14 to hear health equity experts, researchers and change agents at a symposium focused on unconscious bias in healthcare in Sacramento. “We can and must do better,” said Kristen M.J. Azar,...
by Sutter Health | Oct 27, 2022
Online symptom checkers have grown in popularity, offering the public a convenient way to consider their next steps for care. But now one symptom checker goes beyond stomach aches and skin rashes to include offering direction to mental health resources. Users now...
by Ashley Boarman | Oct 26, 2022
A troubling virus is making a comeback this fall, and this news isn’t good for young children and babies who haven’t built up immunity to respiratory illnesses. Respiratory Syncytial Virus, or RSV, is a common respiratory virus that usually causes mild, cold-like...
by Sutter Health | Oct 25, 2022
By Anita Creamer, a Vitals contributor During his 35-year career in healthcare, Sutter Health Interim President & CEO James Conforti has seen the traumatic impact of cancer on patients, their families and their caregivers. That’s why, as a healthcare leader, he...
by Emma Dugas | Oct 25, 2022
Leigh-Anne Lehrman remembers how her heart raced when she first heard she had breast cancer. When she learned it was triple-negative—one of the hardest forms of the disease to treat—she broke out in a cold sweat. “Just the word ‘cancer’ sent my body into a...
by Sutter Health | Oct 24, 2022
Sixteen hospital campuses within Sutter’s not-for-profit network received recognition today from the American Stroke Association for providing a high level of stroke care and participating in the ASA’s Get With The Guidelines® program. Sutter hospital campuses that...
by Monique Binkley Smith | Oct 21, 2022
Like a lot of young people, Jesse Young needed a job but was unsure what he wanted to do. A close friend who worked at a hospital in Oakland, their hometown, told him the hospital needed help in its Environmental Services department. Fast-forward to today, and Young...
by Sutter Health | Oct 19, 2022
By Angela Borchert and Suzanne Hopkins, Vitals contributors Notifications on our phones. Reminders via email. We all set up alerts to remind us where we and our loved ones need to be, the errands we need to complete and the meetings we need to attend. However, do we...
