AHS Index January 2023 The AHS Index is a new way to look at data that illuminates a snapshot of our world today. It is intended to highlight health inequities and spark conversation, debate, and wonder. Number of consecutive atmospheric rivers to hit California since December 26, 2022: 8 Percent of annual [...]
For many at Alameda Health System (AHS), the Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday has become more than a day off, it’s a “Day of Service”. Since 2018, AHS staff, providers, executives and their families have volunteered at the Alameda County Community Food Bank (ACCFB) Day of Service. AHS has long recognized that many of the [...]
At Alameda Health System (AHS) we start each day with the privilege and responsibility of improving patients' lives by putting them at the center of everything we do. AHS is committed to putting the patient first by meeting their individual needs and delivering the best patient experience. “Patients come to us for care every day [...]
The newly implemented parking program at the Wilma Chan Highland Hospital Campus (WCHHC) is improving the patient experience by removing previous barriers to convenient and easily accessible parking. Patients no longer have to worry about being late or risk missing appointments simply because they cannot find a parking space. “Helping patients find parking at Highland [...]
For Stephanie Oliva, surgery and procedural services coordinator (SPSC) in ophthalmology and neurosurgery at Highland Hospital, going the extra mile for Alameda Health System patients is the rule not the exception. In November 2022, she was instrumental in helping a patient experiencing homelessness from losing his eyesight. The patient who needed emergency surgery for a [...]
It takes a village for a physician intern to compete in a baking show (pictured above Yuki Burton (left) and Dr. Omonivie Agboghidi, MPH, MD (right)). January 10, 2023 – Oakland, CA – How does a Highland Hospital resident intern manage to compete in a televised baking competition while completing her residency at the same [...]
Last month the Alameda Health System’s (AHS) Black Employee Affinity Network teamed up with the AHS Dental program to provide dental kits to students at REACH Academy in Oakland. The team provided nearly 150 dental kits that included 300 toothbrushes, toothpaste and floss along with tips on how to keep teeth healthy and referral [...]
At Alameda Health System (AHS) the community we serve recently expanded by more than 6,000 miles to Ukraine with a donation of desperately needed antibiotics from Highland Hospital that would have otherwise gone unused. “We were absolutely thrilled to be able to contribute to the relief efforts for Ukraine by donating antibiotics that will directly [...]
Alameda Health System is proud to partner with Donor West Network to help save and heal lives through organ and tissue donation and is honored to have held its first Honor Walk at the Wilma Chan Highland Hospital Campus, Highland Intensive Care Unit (ICU). An Honor Walk takes place when a donor patient, who is [...]
At Alameda Health System (AHS) our patients’ mental, emotional and physical health are equally important and integrated components of their total health and wellbeing5. That’s why AHS is taking a proactive and patient-centered approach to screen and monitor patients for depression. “Depression is a common problem that has effective treatment options like medication and therapy [...]
