by Monique Binkley Smith | Dec 24, 2020
As COVID-19 infections continue to surge across the state, California’s leading healthcare systems are offering a prescription to residents to help slow the spread of the virus: Stay home for the holidays. At a Dec. 22 virtual statewide joint press conference,...
by Gary Zavoral | Dec 21, 2020
This is part of a series celebrating those individuals who define themselves by what they can do, not what they can’t do. Sutter Health Assistant General Counsel Ed Fabi serves as co-lead of the Military & Veterans Inclusion Resource Group. He retired in May 2020...
by Karin Fleming | Dec 21, 2020
As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to persist worldwide, few defenses to stop its spread have been as urgently awaited as a vaccine. Following the emergency use authorization issued Dec. 11 by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine, a...
by Ashley Boarman | Dec 21, 2020
Diabetes care teams are talking differently these days. That’s because the effect language has on patient care and patient outcomes can be profound, physicians have discovered. As our U.S. healthcare system moves toward a more patient-centered approach, it’s necessary...
by Ashley Boarman | Dec 19, 2020
Dec. 24, 2020 This holiday season, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, it’s best to make merry from afar, as difficult as that may be. Although hope is on the horizon, with the current surge in cases across California and the U.S., it’s important to remain vigilant about...
by Ashley Boarman | Dec 18, 2020
From the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, testing has been a critical tool in helping identify cases so COVID-positive individuals can isolate and recover. With COVID-19 cases spiking across the country, the need for more rapid and diverse testing options is crucial....
by Ashley Boarman | Dec 16, 2020
A San Joaquin County hospital became one of the first rural California hospitals to receive its initial allotment of the FDA-approved Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine and started vaccinating its front-line workers this week. This is welcome news to the nurses and doctors at...
by Karin Fleming | Dec 14, 2020
As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to persist worldwide, few defenses to stop its spread have been as urgently awaited as a vaccine. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration emergency use authorization late Friday of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine cleared the way for the...
by Monique Binkley Smith | Dec 14, 2020
Since the beginning of the pandemic, an integrated health network of hospitals has reduced the stays for COVID-19 patients from an average of 20 days to just eight days today, thanks to a coordinated response deployed by the healthcare system. Sutter Health’s 24...
by Karin Fleming | Dec 11, 2020
(Last updated Dec. 24, 2020) In the biggest boost in the fight against the coronavirus, the first COVID-19 vaccine was authorized Friday by the U.S. Federal Drug Administration. State governments are now expected to authorize its use and begin getting it to those on...
