Alameda Post: ‘Alameda Hospital Skilled Nursing Facilities are among America’s best nursing homes’

Alameda Hospital Skilled Nursing Facilities were ranked #1 in Alameda County and 14th in California among nursing homes with more than 150 beds, according to Newsweek’s 2025 ranking of America’s Best Nursing Homes. The Alameda Post covered the prestigious ranking on Oct. 28. Read the full article here.   “I’m grateful to our wonderful team members [...]

AHS works with Alameda Health Care District to fund seismic upgrades

The Los Angeles Times digs into the complexity of seismically upgrading local hospitals in this article highlighting how AHS and The City of Alameda Health Care District have successfully finaced upgrades to Alameda Hospital that meet the new seismic requirements. Read the article here.      

2024-10-11T01:57:28+00:00October 11th, 2024|Categories: Featured, Media Coverage of AHS|Tags: , , |

Becker’s Hospital Review: 40K grant to help fund Alameda Health System home visits

Alameda Health System (AHS) was featured in Beckers's Hospital Review last week for a story about house calls for patients. AHS is the recipient of The Building Trust Grant, a $40,000 award that will help AHS doctors offer home visits to patients who need them most. Read the article here. House calls are a model [...]

How lullabies are improving health care for Black women and their babies

Alameda Health System (AHS) was featured in the East Bay Times for an innovative program that pairs expecting moms with local musicians to write and sing original lullabies for their babies.   This is the second round of The AHS Lullaby Project, which is a partnership with Carnegie Hall and Noe Music. Patients in Beloved Birth [...]

In the News: Alameda Hospital staff gather school supply donations

Alameda Hospital staff are collecting donations for the annual backpack and school supply drive. Anyone can donate, and the deadline to donate is July 31. Read more in the Alameda Post here.  

2024-07-26T22:41:51+00:00July 26th, 2024|Categories: Media Coverage of AHS|Tags: , , |

In the News: Alameda Health System partners with Cardea Health to save lives and ease overcrowding

Alameda Health System (AHS) has partnered with Cardea Health to provide wrap-around services and permanent supportive housing to its most vulnerable patients. Unhoused people who find themselves in AHS emergency rooms sometimes need ongoing supportive medical care after their acute needs are met. But instead, they often end up back on the street. [...]

In the news: AHS physicians offer free health screenings to Oakland’s oldest Black motorcycle club

Kim Cloud thought he was going in for a quick routine checkup a few years ago. Instead, they found prostate cancer. "I'm cancer-free because I caught it in time," said Cloud, who is vice president of the East Bay Dragons, the West Coast's oldest Black motorcycle club. It's just one of many reasons Cloud [...]

KCBS Radio highlights the Lullaby Project at AHS, where new parents sing original songs to their babies

Alameda Health System (AHS) was on KCBS Radio this week for a program that integrates group singing and lullabies into perinatal care. AHS partnered with Carnegie Hall and Noe Music to offer the Lullaby Project to perinatal patients enrolled in its Centering Pregnancy program. The Lullaby Project pairs professional musicians with expecting families. Together, they compose and sing personalized [...]

KTVU features AHS’s group singing program for perinatal patients

Alameda Health System (AHS) was featured on KTVU Channel 2 last week for a program that integrates group singing and lullabies into perinatal care. AHS partnered with Carnegie Hall and Noe Music to offer the Lullaby Project to perinatal patients enrolled in its Centering Pregnancy program. The Lullaby Project pairs professional musicians with expecting families. Together, they compose and [...]

In the news: COVID-19 detection dogs at AHS’s Park Bridge Rehabilitation and Wellness

Alameda Health System’s Park Bridge Rehabilitation and Wellness was in the news yesterday for a story about Scarlett and Rizzo, the pair of medical detection dogs working their tails off at AHS to identify COVID-19. Scarlett and Rizzo have undergone rigorous training and can test up to 300 people in a half hour with an [...]