by Monique Binkley Smith | Dec 15, 2022
Two years ago, the Carol Ann Read Breast Health Center at Alta Bates Summit Medical Center launched a mobile mammography vehicle to provide breast cancer screening services in the community. The goal was to improve access to mammography for underserved women in the...
by Sutter Health | Dec 14, 2022
“The nurses’ union at Alta Bates Summit Medical Center has called a 9-day strike from December 24 – January 2, its third strike of the year. The union is using patients as bargaining chips, just as the ‘tripledemic’ of flu, RSV and COVID is slamming hospitals...
by Ashley Boarman | Nov 29, 2022
Sudden onset liver failure transformed one woman’s life by giving her a new path forward after receiving a life-saving liver transplant. Now, Goldie Williams’ purpose is clear, and it’s beginning with a parade send-off event to raise awareness for organ donation. “I...
by Monique Binkley Smith | Oct 21, 2022
Like a lot of young people, Jesse Young needed a job but was unsure what he wanted to do. A close friend who worked at a hospital in Oakland, their hometown, told him the hospital needed help in its Environmental Services department. Fast-forward to today, and Young...
by Sutter Health | Oct 18, 2022
By Anita Creamer, Vitals contributor Steve Lau is a medical social worker in Alta Bates Summit Medical Center’s acute rehab services unit. Twenty years ago, when he was 21, an accidental fall caused a complete spinal cord injury to his T7 and T8 vertebrae, leaving him...
