How an Ad Campaign Salutes Health System’s Workforce

How an Ad Campaign Salutes Health System’s Workforce

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...
Dream Job: Clinical Nurse Specialists Improve Patient Care

Dream Job: Clinical Nurse Specialists Improve Patient Care

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...
Unforgettable Wedding: Couple Exchange Vows at Hospital

Unforgettable Wedding: Couple Exchange Vows at Hospital

By Clayton Warren and Monique Binkley Smith, Vitals contributors Itzel Lopez was planning to marry her college sweetheart, Jonatan Spahn, this August, but those plans were put on hold when Lopez was admitted to Sutter’s Alta Bates Summit Medical Center in...
Clinic Offers Improved Access to HIV/AIDS Research Studies

Clinic Offers Improved Access to HIV/AIDS Research Studies

Studying the effectiveness of trial drugs aimed at preventing HIV/AIDS in people most impacted by the virus seems logical – but for a number of reasons that’s not always been possible. The tide is slowly changing though, and now through the East Bay Advanced Care...