by Karin Fleming | Nov 30, 2023
Few hospitals in the U.S. have the necessary equipment and expertise to treat large vessel occlusion (LVO) ischemic stroke. This challenges emergency medical services staff who must quickly and accurately identify stroke type to ensure individuals are transported to a...
by Ashley Boarman | Nov 29, 2023
(Left to Right) Dr. Ranjan Ray, Leslie Barratt, Ted Jung, Nancy Jung, Dr. Brett Sheridan at Sutter’s CPMC | Nov. 2023 San Francisco resident Ted Jung was admitted to Sutter’s California Pacific Medical Center with heart failure in 2019. Doctors told him he’d...
by Karin Fleming | Nov 29, 2023
Millions of Americans have diabetes. Some of those individuals effectively manage their condition with medications and lifestyle modifications. Yet there is a growing number of those benefiting from wearable devices and other technologies shown to help people with...
by Sutter Health | Nov 29, 2023
SACRAMENTO, Calif.– Sutter Health proudly announces the appointment of Dana Beckton as its first chief diversity and inclusion officer (CDIO), further elevating and prioritizing this work at an executive level. In her role, Beckton will lead the diversity, equity and...
by Ashley Boarman | Nov 17, 2023
Journalists and health reporters from renowned media, including Reuters, Bloomberg, Xinhua News Agency and Agence France-Presse, met with senior members and physicians at Sutter’s California Pacific Medical Center today. Many members of the press are in town covering...
by Ashley Boarman | Nov 17, 2023
Bay Area Council President and CEO Jim Wunderman (L) chats with Suter Health President & CEO Warner Thomas (R) during a fireside chat | November 14, 2023 The highly anticipated Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation conference unfolded in San Francisco this week,...
by Sutter Health | Nov 16, 2023
Four Sutter-affiliated medical groups were recently recognized by the Integrated Healthcare Association for delivering high-quality care and exceptional patient experience during the 2022 measurement year of IHA’s Align. Measure. Perform. program, focused on...
by Emma Dugas | Nov 16, 2023
A nurse for more than 20 years, Cris Panaligan tells patients that his job is to help them stabilize after surgery, injury or illness. Part of that job is to keep a watchful eye over the healing process and respond to new or worsening symptoms. Thanks to new...
by Karin Fleming | Nov 15, 2023
Stefan Walczak, 74, has experienced his fair share of journeys as a volunteer train driver in Yuba City, Calif., about 40 miles north of Sacramento. But nothing could prepare him for the “ride of a lifetime” his seventh decade would bring. Walczak, a former smoker and...
by Sutter Health | Nov 13, 2023
by Craig Baize and Liz Madison, Vitals contributors An iconic fictional character once famously professed, “There is no place like home.” That phrase takes on new meaning for the Whitecotton family of Modesto, California. They have found a second home in the most...
