“Of all the forms of inequality, injustice in health is the most shocking and inhuman because it often results in physical death.” ~Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. The cost of living in the Bay Area is the highest in the country and a recent report showed that many people in Alameda County are [...]
“I’ve been a nurse for 47 years. Ever since high school, I truly believed this was my calling. That’s all I wanted to do. I wanted to make a difference with patients.” I’ve been a nurse for 47 years. Ever since high school, I [...]
Congratulations Alameda Hospital Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) for being ranked as the third best nursing home in the state of California by Newsweek! Newsweek‘s Best Nursing Homes 2020 recognizes just over 400 of the best nursing homes across the 20 largest US states. The Best Nursing Homes were chosen based on a survey among nurses, [...]
I’ve worked at Highland Hospital as a food service worker since 2014. Now I’m ready to pursue my goal, which is to be a dietary manager here. I believe education is the best way to improve myself and to change my life. Right now, I’m working two jobs, so the challenge is how I can [...]
I’m driven by what I felt I lacked growing up — that’s how I want to make a difference. And AHS has given me a great platform for that. When I received my associate degree, I became the highest educated individual in my family. Growing up, I didn’t have a lot of influences to guide [...]
Alameda Health System (AHS) recently updated monitors due to the implementation of our new electronic health record. Instead of disposing of the upgraded equipment, we donated the 2,000 monitors to Tech Exchange, an Oakland based company dedicated to providing digital equity to residents across the East Bay. On October 23, 2019 they held an event [...]
Gina Rapaport Wellness Program Manager Alameda Health System I didn’t necessarily pursue a career in health care; I would say health care pursued me. I have a lot of doctors and nurses and psychiatrists in my family, so it’s in my blood. I started working at Alameda Health System through an internship while I was [...]
Every couple of months, I go speak to high school students about why I chose the law. I tell my story. I was born and raised in El Salvador and didn’t move to the United States until I was almost 16. I didn’t speak a single word of English. I did my undergrad in criminology [...]
In January of 2018 our Board of Trustees voted to authorize the implementation of our Epic Electronic Health Record (EHR), one of the most significant investments in Alameda Health System’s (AHS) history. We are honored to report that as of September 28, our Epic EHR is up and running! AHS joins more than 400 [...]
In an effort to reduce phone wait times and improve the patient experience, Alameda Health System (AHS) took a deep dive into call center operations. Reports showed our patients were on hold from seven to 25 minutes. The call center team proudly reports a wait time reduction of 700 to 2,500 percent. “Our goal [...]
