by Sutter Health | Sep 27, 2022
By Anita Creamer and Monique Binkley Smith, Vitals contributors It’s been a challenging time in healthcare. So when one Northern California healthcare system began planning its fall 2022 advertising campaign, its marketing team decided to highlight the system’s...
by Sutter Health | Sep 22, 2022
Brad Brack, left, who is on the board of the Beard Land and Investment Co., is shown the training capabilities of the Advanced Critical Skills Lab by Memorial Medical Center NICU nurse Sonja Loehr and clinical nurse educator Penny Owen. The Beard company donated...
by Gary Zavoral | Sep 20, 2022
Travis Barber was feeling lucky. Less than an hour before, he had been discharged from a rehabilitation hospital a month after suffering a critical brain injury caused by a gunshot and pistol-whipping. He still had only half his skull; the other half was removed to...
by Ashley Boarman | Sep 14, 2022
Receiving this year’s flu shot and the newly-approved COVID bivalent booster offer protection against both circulating viruses, says infectious disease expert. With countries like Australia and New Zealand reporting their worst flu season in five years, a...
by Sutter Health | Sep 13, 2022
Thomas brings more than 30 years of healthcare experience to the role, including 10 as CEO of Ochsner Health Recognized as an innovative leader focused on building healthier communities SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Sutter Health, a not-for-profit integrated healthcare system...
by Liz Madison | Sep 9, 2022
California is an agricultural epicenter—long admired for the variety of fruits, vegetables and other farm-fresh products it produces. Yet, access to healthy food items isn’t always a given for those in the Golden State. Only 25% of kids eat enough of the recommended...
by Karin Fleming | Sep 8, 2022
Patrick O’Sullivan, 84, of Modesto, Calif., struggled for years with shortness of breath, fatigue, swollen ankles and unexplained weight gain. Diagnosed in 2012 with heart failure and now proactively managing his condition, O’Sullivan was initially prescribed heart...
by Liz Madison | Sep 6, 2022
Anna Parsons never expected to visit—let alone be a patient—inside an American hospital. The 21-year-old from New Zealand had come to the United States to explore the natural glory of Yosemite National Park. However, the avid rock climber and surfer took a tremendous...
by Gary Zavoral | Sep 2, 2022
With temperatures expected to soar this Labor Day weekend in Northern California, emergency services physicians are expecting to see people suffering from heat illnesses. The immediate treatment is the same for each, but if you have heat stroke, doctors want to make...
by Sutter Health | Sep 1, 2022
By Bryan Gardner and Monique Binkley Smith, Vitals contributors Kristi Gabel and Blossom Inuenwi are part of an elite group at a Northern California healthcare system. Out of more than 50,000 employees at Sutter Health, only about 30 are clinical nurse specialists. At...
