by Emma Dugas | 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...
by Emma Dugas | Jul 12, 2023
The newly completed Sutter Health Ambulatory Care Center and Surgery Center marks the latest milestone in Sutter Health’s long-term plans to create greater patient access to more convenient and connected care across the Silicon Valley. And it is part of...
by Sutter Health | Jul 7, 2023
By Anita Creamer and Liz Madison, Vitals contributors It was just a hug. When 4-year-old Graison Corbell went to Sutter Medical Center, Sacramento recently for surgery, he was anxious. A certified Child Life Specialist, Sarah McMurray, greeted Graison and his mother,...
by Sutter Health | Jul 6, 2023
Vic Patkowski, left, was shot through the heart and lung during the Vietnam War … and survived. The bullet wasn’t removed until a decade later, right. Patkowski has endured several brushes with death through his life, and his latest lifesaver was a tool...
by rosemvv@sutterhealth.org | Jul 5, 2023
Sources of stress are everywhere, and unchecked stress can increase your risk for serious illness. Dr. Ronesh Sinha offers tips to help you better manage your stress. Dr. Ronesh Sinha is an internal medicine physician at Palo Alto Medical Foundation. He works with...
