September is Fall Prevention Month (CASTRO VALLEY, CALIF) –According to the National Council on Aging, falls are the leading cause of fatal and nonfatal injuries among older adults in the U.S. Locally, more than 1,300 people were treated in 2018 for injuries sustained in falls by the trauma department at Eden Medical Center, part …
HRSA Rural Residency Program Addresses Growing Shortage of Family Medicine Physicians in Gold Country Communities JACKSON, Calif. – Sutter Health was awarded a $750,000 grant from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) to expand its Sacramento-based physician residency program to Amador County as part of the federal agency’s efforts to provide better access to quality …
SAN FRANCISCO – Calif. More than 40,000 people in the United States develop rectal cancer each year and it is the second most common cause of cancer deaths. Fortunately, research has made inroads for colorectal cancer—including the development of targeted therapies that more precisely treat the disease. Cancer patients treated at Sutter’s California Pacific Medical …
Story Summary: This LOI formalizes ongoing discussions that began more than a year ago between Sutter Health and Stanford Health Care to expand and enhance clinical integration among their existing, high quality services, with a shared goal of providing patients and their families with coordinated, seamless cancer care in the East Bay. The two organizations …
Sutter Roseville Medical Center recognized with annual award for exceptional and innovative nursing performance ROSEVILLE, Calif. – Sutter Roseville Medical Center’s Emergency Department has been selected as a recipient of the Emergency Nurses Association’s 2019 Lantern Award for demonstrating exceptional and innovative performance in leadership, practice, education, advocacy and research. It is the top award …
SACRAMENTO, Calif.–Blue Shield of California and Sutter Health have signed a new multi-year agreement giving the nonprofit health plan members uninterrupted access to Sutter’s integrated network in Northern California. While the current agreement doesn’t expire until the end of this year, the two organizations were able to renew their contract to extend the network relationship …
LAKEPORT, Calif. – New babies come with new worries. “Parents leave the hospital, head home, and suddenly realize they’re solely responsible for caring for an infant” said Jackie Rad, R.N.C., M.S.N., nurse manager of the Sutter Lakeside Family Birth Center. “On top of sleep deprivation and recovery from childbirth, many families in our area experience …
BURLINGAME, Calif. – Mills-Peninsula Medical Center (MPMC), part of the Sutter Health not-for-profit network, has received certification as a Thrombectomy-Capable Stroke Center (TSC) from The Joint Commission, in collaboration with the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association (AHA/ASA).
New Space Offers Patients Larger Exam Rooms, Light-Filled Spaces and Beautiful Art ANTIOCH, Calif. –It’s official: the spacious primary care office that opened in Antioch has been blessed, toured and admired by Sutter Health leaders, East Bay government officials and community members. As a crowd watched, Jimmy Hu, M.D., Area CEO, East Bay, Sutter Bay …
ROSEVILLE, Calif. — A military Black Hawk helicopter bringing trauma patients to Sutter Roseville Medical Center was struck by a drone and crash-landed on the SRMC helipad, with about a dozen injured victims crying for help. That was the scenario facing Sutter Roseville’s emergency services team, which partnered with the Roseville and Rocklin fire departments, the …