AHS has been providing midwife led services for more than 40 years, but the practice of midwifery is not new and in fact Black midwives have played a leading role in providing care during labor and delivery for thousands of women dating back to the 1600s. The granny midwives were well respected Black women [...]
A few months into the pandemic Natalie Curtis, MD, Primary Care and the Ambulatory team noticed fewer patients were coming in for routine health care services. “As a result, they were at risk of not getting their health care needs met,” said Curtis. That’s when Curtis and the Ambulatory medical staff volunteered for a [...]
Through our HealthPATH program Alameda Health System (AHS) is investing in the next generation of health care workers by providing a path to health care careers for students from economically disadvantaged communities. Every year HealthPATH’s nine programs provide internships and other work-based learning experience to more than 500 middle school to college students who [...]
Oakland Native James Jackson Takes Helm at the Alameda Health System Recently published in postnewsgroup.com “As an AHS patient, physician and Board president, I am delighted that Mr. Jackson is re-joining Alameda Health System and stepping into this vital role,” said Taft Bhuket, M.D., president of AHS’s Board of Trustees. The [...]
Process & Scheduling The COVID-19 vaccine has been authorized by the Federal Drug Administration for emergency use and is currently being administered according to guidelines from the Alameda County Department of Public Health. We are following guidelines from the Alameda County Department of Public Health to vaccinate patients. Currently we are planning to roll [...]
Within the past week, our nation has passed the one-year mark in which the first case of COVID-19 appeared in the United States. At that time, we could not have anticipated the hundred of thousands of deaths or the millions that would be sickened by the coronavirus in this country. The impact on our health [...]
Alameda Health System (AHS) Board of Trustees Wednesday unanimously approved the appointment of former AHS executive James Jackson as the system’s Interim Chief Executive Officer. Jackson will assume the role immediately and partner on the transition with outgoing CEO Delvecchio Finley, who is leaving AHS on January 22. After one of the most tumultuous [...]
Today, five frontline staff at Alameda Health System (AHS) Highland Hospital were the first to receive the COVID-19 vaccine. It marks a historic moment and big step forward in the fight to end the global pandemic as Alameda County and Bay Area continue to face a surge in cases and hospitalizations. The vaccine is [...]
The newly appointed Board of Trustees (BOT) for Alameda Health System (AHS) met today, December 16, 2020 to elect officers, form working committees and set the meeting calendar for 2021. The Board of Trustees is appointed by the Alameda County Board of Supervisors and is charged with the governance of Alameda Health System. The [...]
California residents now have one more tool to help stop the spread of COVID-19. Smartphone users can sign up for CA Notify, an app that sends an alert if the user has been around someone who later tests positive for COVID-19. CA Notify is not a contact tracing app and it does not track [...]
