by Sutter Health | Mar 24, 2020
Sutter Health’s Employee Assistance Program (EAP) is committed to the physical and emotional well-being of employees and their families. Sutter recognizes many individuals are experiencing fear, emotional upset and other difficult feelings related to the COVID-19...
by Monique Binkley Smith | Mar 23, 2020
Like all hospitals and health systems during this unprecedented health emergency, Sutter Health anticipates a shortage of medical supplies, including personal protective equipment (PPE). “We are pursuing additional avenues to bolster and conserve our supplies,...
by Mike Stahl | Mar 21, 2020
By: Warren Browner, M.D., MPH and Stephen Lockhart, M.D., PhD As physicians, we want you to know why we are so concerned about the novel coronavirus/COVID-19. Some of you may have heard that it’s a minor inconvenience, like a bad cold. So far, that’s true for the...
by Liz Madison | Mar 18, 2020
Times of uncertainty—like the global COVID-19 pandemic—can spike anxiety in many people. Lives are upended and routines are erased. Schools are closed. Loved ones 65 years and above are homebound. Employees are working from home exclusively. And more importantly, as...
by Emma Dugas | Mar 17, 2020
Power cords, data cables and sanitation supplies topped Raymond Fellers long list. No, Fellers wasn’t preparing to isolate during the COVID-19 outbreak—quite the opposite—he was opening the first ever “car clinic” at the Palo Alto Medical Foundation’s San Carlos...
by Mike Stahl | Mar 17, 2020
SAN FRANCISCO – “Life is tough, but so are you.” This powerful message is hand painted onto a smooth, palm-sized stone that rests at Sutter’s California Pacific Medical Center’s Van Ness Campus kindness rock garden in San Francisco. But it won’t be there for long....
by Monique Binkley Smith | Mar 16, 2020
SACRAMENTO, Calif. – California Governor Gavin Newsom, echoing recommendations from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), is calling for the state’s bars, wineries and nightclubs to close and for restaurants to observe social distancing to help curb...
by Angie Sheets | Mar 16, 2020
Tips to keep you safe Many people are making trips to the grocery store or using food delivery services right now. So how do you know your food is virus-free when it gets to your doorstep?According to the USDA, “We are not aware of any reports at this time of human...
by Sutter Health | Mar 13, 2020
by CNBC Sutter Health, a Northern California hospital chain, emailed its patients over the weekend of March 7 to encourage them to use a new online tool if they have symptoms resembling the coronavirus. The app works by leading patients through a set of questions to...
by Ashley Boarman | Mar 13, 2020
One man’s struggle with seizures is silenced thanks to a medical device implanted on his brain. Andy Fiannaca, a college student at the time, first discovered he had epilepsy when he woke up in an ambulance. His head was gouged and bleeding—the result of falling...
