by Sutter Health | May 19, 2021
As we observe Mental Health Awareness Month, we feature the personal story of Tracy Messenio, CEO of SutterSelect and vice president of Total Health & Productivity Management. She leaned on mental health resources available at Sutter during a challenging time...
by Sutter Health | May 18, 2021
By Rachel Merriman, Vitals contributor David Lee clicked on his headlamp as the last beams of sunlight filtered through the dense brush near the top of Bake Oven Trail. Although an avid hiker, he was not all too keen to set off on a 6-mile-long treacherous nighttime...
by Sutter Health | May 18, 2021
As Sutter Health continues to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic and enters a period of financial recovery, the organization released its quarterly unaudited financial updates on May 17, 2021. SACRAMENTO, Calif.—For the quarter ending March 31, 2021, Sutter Health...
by Gary Zavoral | May 17, 2021
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — National industry publication Modern Healthcare today named Sutter Amador Hospital and Sutter Davis Hospital as Best Places to Work in Healthcare in 2021, driven largely by the input of the hospitals’ own employees. The two acute-care facilities...
by Liz Madison | May 17, 2021
Picture your average high school classroom. There might be 20 or so students wearing masks and sitting 6 feet apart—if they are even in a classroom and not on Zoom. Days of passing notes in class, meeting up for study groups or school dances and attending football...
by Gary Zavoral | May 14, 2021
Registered nurse Oksana Yarmola, who was born in the Russian-speaking country of Ukraine, has administered more than 3,000 COVID-19 vaccinations in the past two months at a large vaccination clinic in Sacramento, but only three were also Slavic. Considering the...
by Sutter Health | May 13, 2021
Ages 12-15 now eligible. “Sutter Health is now accepting appointments for those 12-15 years old to receive Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine, which was granted emergency use authorization by the FDA.” “Children ages 12-17 can only receive the Pfizer vaccine with consent. A...
by Liz Madison | May 13, 2021
Award-winning Platform Aims to Build Everyday Resilience for Adolescents and Young Adults, Gives Caregivers Insight on How Best to Support Youth SACRAMENTO, Calif. – Scout by Sutter Health™ launches as a one-of-a-kind, virtual tool that supports youths ages 12-26 who...
by Ashley Boarman | May 12, 2021
More than 200,000 individuals in Sonoma County, Calif., are now considered fully vaccinated, but many more will need to be vaccinated to reach herd immunity. Among those still unvaccinated include some in the county’s Latino population. “Vaccine science is complicated...
by Karin Fleming | May 11, 2021
A 58-year-old San Francisco man whose failing heart is being kept beating by a mechanical pump known as a left ventricular assist device is thought to be the first LVAD patient in the world to have his mitral valve replaced without having open-heart surgery. The...
