by Sutter Health | Oct 2, 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic and Northern California wildfires have added additional layers of stress to our lives. At Sutter Health, we appreciate and honor the commitment of our staff who care for patients, communities and one another everyday, and especially during such a...
by Ashley Boarman | Oct 2, 2020
When Zarmina and Haris Anjum learned they would be having triplets this spring, one of the first things they did was buy an SUV. “We planned for one, then it was twins, and then two weeks later it was three. It was wonderful and not at all expected,” said Haris. “We...
by Gary Zavoral | Sep 24, 2020
Nurse-Midwives Continue to Care for Moms During Pregnancy and Birth Many workers have been sidelined by the pandemic, but for nurse-midwives, life — quite literally — goes on. “People still need us, pandemic or not,” says Jessica Nagel, a certified nurse-midwife for...
by Sutter Health | Sep 14, 2020
A message from John Boyd, PsyD, Sutter Health’s CEO of Mental Health Services, during Suicide Prevention Awareness Month. When I learned the news that I had lost someone to suicide, my first thought was, “I should have known.” As a long-time mental health...
by Sutter Health | Sep 10, 2020
by HealthTech Many people call them “bots,” and the term can have a negative connotation. But the technology — also known as asynchronous communication, artificial intelligence assistants or chatbots — is being used by some medical professionals for an important...
by Sutter Health | Sep 10, 2020
by Sacramento Magazine Telemedicine isn’t new, but it is gaining new uses—and new participants—in the time of COVID-19. It’s safe to say COVID-19 has upended all aspects of our society. But perhaps the one pushed to reinvent itself with warp speed is the field of...
by Sutter Health | Sep 9, 2020
COVID-19 is bringing new relevance to Sutter’s longstanding electronic intensive care units (eICUs) and to telemedicine. The integrated healthcare network’s two eICU hubs, one in San Francisco and one in Sacramento, enable it to provide hospitalized critical care...
by Liz Madison | Sep 3, 2020
SACRAMENTO, Calif.— Twenty-one affiliates within Sutter Health’s integrated, not-for-profit network earned recognition as an “LGBTQ Health Care Equality Leader” by the Human Rights Campaign Foundation (HRC), the educational arm of the country’s largest lesbian, gay,...
by Mike Stahl | Sep 2, 2020
Mystery still surrounds COVID-19. How will it impact the upcoming flu season? Will younger generations eventually experience more severe symptoms? COVID-19 has also brought attention to matters important to the here and now, like the broader need for mental health...
by Mike Stahl | Sep 1, 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic is challenging our mental health in ways we could have never predicted, and some people may feel they’re beginning to run on empty as far as ways to cope with all the change and loss. “Coping as a primary strategy no longer works. It’s time to...
