OUR PROMISE
Extend Prevention and Wellness to Vulnerable People
Partner with Community Based Organizations to Address Health Disparities and Social Determinants of Health
Advocate of Health Coverage, Access and Total Health and Wellness for All
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Opinion: Gun Violence is a Serious Health Issue for Certain Bay Area Students
Originally published in The Mercury News. Limiting access to guns is paramount to giving low-income students the same chance at health as those in wealthier neighborhoods. By DELVECCHIO FINLEY [...]
The Importance of 340B
More than 4,000 patients receive life-saving medications and other services through Alameda Health System’s leveraging of the federal 340B program, which provides free or significantly reduced price drugs. 340B [...]
Alameda Health Teaching Public How to Stop Bleeding
Originally published on ABCNews7. March 16, 2018 By Laura Anthony OAKLAND, CALIF. (KGO) -- It's a timely subject unfortunately and the Alameda Health System is taking the lead when it [...]
AHS Triples Rate of Colorectal Cancer Screenings
The bad news is nearly 50,000 Americans will die this year from colorectal cancer (CRC), the second leading cause of cancer death in the United States. The good news [...]
Alameda Health System-Highland Hospital Receives Prestigious International Award
Baby-Friendly USA, announces that Alameda Health System-Highland Hospital has received prestigious international recognition as a Re-Designated Baby-Friendly birth facility. Baby-Friendly USA, Inc is the U.S. authority for the implementation of [...]
Old Practices Now New — Traditional Chinese Medicine Residency Program at Highland Hospital
Alameda Health System-Highland Hospital is the first hospital in the country to offer traditional Chinese medicine residency program. Here acupuncture and clinical medical residents side-by-side learn effective pain management [...]