During this year’s Patient Experience Week, Alameda Health System (AHS) honored not only the skill and dedication of our nurses but also the meaningful ways they connect with patients. Through nurse leader rounding, our leaders are building trust at the bedside — ensuring patients feel valued, respected and empowered as partners throughout their [...]
Behind every great patient experience at Alameda Health System (AHS) is a team member who goes the extra mile. Our Service Team Award Recipients (STARS) are those exceptional individuals who don’t just meet expectations — they exceed them. Through their commitment to service, integrity and community, they help make AHS a place where care [...]
Congratulations to the Alameda Hospital Emergency Department, winner of the Patient Experience Elevating Care & Sustaining Improvement Award. The award was granted because the department increased its “Likelihood to Recommend” top box score by 6.38%. Our patient rounding champions are making a difference across Alameda Health System and we proudly recognize the Alameda [...]
Health care comes in all forms at Alameda Health System (AHS), and for patients who receive perinatal care in AHS’ Centering Programs, it comes in the form of music. AHS has partnered with Noe Music and Carnegie Hall’s Weill Music Institute to offer the Lullaby Project to perinatal care patients, who work with local [...]
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. Estimated number of Americans who are 100 years old and older: 101,000 Number of Americans who were over 100 in 1950: 2,300 Increase [...]
Alameda Health System has a new Canine Visitation Program, and local news stations KTVU, ABC7 and KRON came out to San Leandro Hospital to check it out. The Canine Visitation Program brings therapy dogs from Valley Humane Society into AHS facilities, providing comfort to both patients and staff. Research has shown that therapy dogs [...]
Local leaders recently celebrated St. Rose Hospital's affiliation with Alameda Health System, which preserves health care for all in southern Alameda County. AHS is the public, safety-net health system that serves Alameda County. AHS adopted governance of St. Rose Hospital last November in a deal that secured its long-term sustainability and capacity to serve patients [...]
“The Chaplain and the Doctor,” a new documentary filmed at the Wilma Chan Highland Hospital Campus, premiered this week at the San Francisco Film Festival. The film features Alameda Health System (AHS) Chaplain Betty Clark and AHS doctor Jessica Zitter, who also directed it. They spoke to KQED’s health reporter Lesley McClurg in a thoughtful, [...]
Alameda Health System (AHS) has launched its new Canine Visitation Program, which brings certified therapy dogs to its facilities to provide comfort and companionship to patients and staff. The initiative aims to enhance emotional well-being, reduce stress, and foster healing environments throughout the public health system’s hospitals. Research has shown that therapy dogs can improve [...]
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. Percent of pregnancy-related deaths in 2020 in which discrimination was determined to be a contributing cause, or probable contributing cause, according to [...]
