by Sutter Health | Mar 4, 2022
Healthcare experienced a digital revolution during the pandemic and the transformation is only accelerating as people become more digitally savvy. In Digital Health Insights, Dr. Albert Chan, vice president and chief of digital health at Sutter Health, shares how we...
by Sutter Health | Mar 3, 2022
By Meg Walker, Monique Binkley Smith and Liz Madison, Vitals contributors Tina Reed could be referred to as a “first face of medicine.” As a medical assistant at Santa Rosa Same Day Care, she is one of the initial care team members who welcome patients into the busy...
by Gary Zavoral | Mar 1, 2022
With another daylight saving time having passed, many in the medical community and the public in general are hoping it will be one of the last. Daylight saving time, which was instituted in the early 1900s and became a federal standard in the 1960s, allows for more...
by Emma Dugas | Mar 1, 2022
Time. Ever elusive and arguably always in short supply. But when moments matter most—like a medical emergency—time is everything. One place that is extremely evident is with strokes. Mobile stroke units are specialized ambulances, equipped with the staff and equipment...
by Ashley Boarman | Mar 1, 2022
B-R-A-I-N P-O-W-E-R These five-letter words are solid Wordle plays. If you have no idea what we’re talking about, let us get you up to speed. Wordle is not a sound you make, rather it is a web-based word game that’s been described as fun, simple and, like a crossword,...
by Monique Binkley Smith | Mar 1, 2022
CASTRO VALLEY, Calif. – Shannon Thomas, RN, MSN, is the new chief administrative officer of Eden Medical Center in Castro Valley. Thomas begins her role on March 7. Thomas comes to Eden Medical Center, part of the Sutter Health not-for-profit integrated network of...
by Monique Binkley Smith | Feb 28, 2022
One woman overcame gender bias in the 19th century medical community. Another would start her career with nothing more than a few dollars and unwavering determination. Still another was a prominent community member with a dream of a healthier community. In a day and...
by Sutter Health | Feb 25, 2022
SACRAMENTO, Calif., —Today, not-for-profit integrated healthcare system Sutter Health announced its participation in Medicare Direct Contracting. This innovative, value-based payment model with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is designed to...
by Sutter Health | Feb 24, 2022
By Marycon Young and Liz Madison, Vitals contributors A teenager’s bedroom—once a safe haven for young people—transformed in the time of COVID. Rather than serve as sanctuary, bedrooms morphed for many into lonely places of isolation. A recent photo essay in The New...
by Monique Binkley Smith | Feb 23, 2022
Timing is everything when it comes to maintaining good health. That’s according to Dr. Rita Kwan-Feinberg, MPH, FACS, a Sutter East Bay Medical Foundation surgeon who specializes in breast cancer and serves as co-director of the Carol Ann Read Breast Health Center at...
