Alameda Health System (AHS) is the recipient of a Quality Leaders Award for excellence in pediatric primary care. The AHS Department of Pediatrics was selected from a highly competitive pool of entries and honored in the care redesign category. The Quality Leaders Awards are administered by the California Association of Public Hospitals and Health Systems [...]
The acute care hospital at Alameda Health System garners national recognition for patient safety ALAMEDA, Calif., Nov. 15, 2024 – Alameda Hospital has earned an “A” safety grade, the highest possible, from the Leapfrog Group, an independent, national nonprofit watchdog group focused on patient safety. “Congratulations to our staff for this recognition of their steadfast [...]
Joining Alameda Health System ensures that St. Rose Hospital will continue to serve patients. Alameda Health System (AHS), the public safety-net health system in Alameda County, will take on the governance of St. Rose Hospital, a nonprofit community hospital in Hayward, CA. The move is an effort to ensure St. Rose Hospital's long-term sustainability and [...]
ALAMEDA, Calif., Oct. 7, 2024 – Alameda Hospital Skilled Nursing Facilities are ranked #1 in Alameda County and 14th in California, among nursing homes with more than 150 beds. That’s according to Newsweek’s 2025 ranking of America’s Best Nursing Homes. Alameda Hospital Skilled Nursing Facilities include Park Bridge Rehabilitation and Wellness, Alameda Hospital Sub-Acute Unit, [...]
ALAMEDA, Calif., Oct. 1, 2024 – Alameda Health System’s (AHS) Community Health Fair returns to Alameda Hospital this year with a full lineup of free health services, including first-come first-serve flu and COVID-19 vaccines. The fair will be held on Oct. 12, from 9 a.m. to noon, in the Alameda Hospital parking lot. “Offering free [...]
OAKLAND, Calif., Sept. 26, 2024 – Alameda Health System (AHS) has received a new grant that will help doctors offer home visits to patients. House calls are a model of care most often associated with old-fashioned or luxury health care. But the benefits of house calls may be most impactful when applied to vulnerable populations [...]
OAKLAND, Calif., Aug. 28, 2024 – Patients who need opioid use disorder treatment can find it at the emergency department of Alameda Health System’s (AHS) Wilma Chan Highland Hospital Campus in Oakland. Emergency physicians and substance use navigators from the AHS Bridge Clinic are offering a model of low barrier access to care that starts [...]
ALAMEDA, Calif., July 23, 2024 – Alameda Hospital staff are showing up for a local elementary school by launching a backpack and school supplies drive. Staff are collecting crayons, colored pencils, markers, glue sticks, scissors, folders, lined paper, graphite pencils, backpacks, wipes and more. Anyone can drop off new, unused school supplies in the [...]
Carnegie Hall, Noe Music and Alameda Health System collaborate to offer the Lullaby Project to patients OAKLAND, Calif., May 1, 2024 – Some of Alameda Health System’s newest parents will have original songs to sing to their babies this Mother’s Day: lullabies they wrote themselves. Alameda Health System has partnered with Carnegie Hall and [...]
OAKLAND, Calif., March 26, 2024 -- Patients who receive buprenorphine for opioid use disorder (OUD) in the Emergency Department (ED) are more likely to remain engaged in treatment 30 days later. That's according to new research conducted from seven California EDs including Alameda Health System's (AHS) at the Wilma Chan Highland Hospital Campus in Oakland, Calif. Dr. Andrew Herring, emergency [...]
