What Makes This Rural Hospital California’s Best?

What Makes This Rural Hospital California’s Best?

A staff that is like family is one of the reasons why Sutter Amador Hospital is California’s only representative on the list of top rural hospitals in the nation. Showing they are No. 1 are, from left, rehab tech Reiner Kiehl, surgical nurse assistant Aria...
A Secret Weapon When Tackling Your Medical ‘To-Do’ List

A Secret Weapon When Tackling Your Medical ‘To-Do’ List

By Emma Dugas, Vitals contributor The COVID-19 pandemic led many people to postpone routine visits to their primary care provider in 2020. The result: missed physicals and cancer screenings, less chronic disease monitoring and medication adjustment, and overdue...
Nurse Saw Opportunity During Dark Days of the Pandemic

Nurse Saw Opportunity During Dark Days of the Pandemic

By Stephanie Breitbart and Liz Madison, Vitals contributors Eighteen years ago, Kim Watson took her first steps inside a hospital as a registered nurse. There were many unknowns in that moment. Perhaps one consideration that didn’t cross Watson’s mind was how she and...