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 [...]
OAKLAND, Calif., Feb. 21, 2024 – Skin disease in people of color is under-diagnosed, often goes untreated and is more deadly, according to the latest research. For most of history, medical students studying dermatology have been shown pictures of diseases on white skin only, leading to vast inequities in how Black and brown people are [...]
Saÿen, the former regional administrator at the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, has deep leadership expertise in the health care field and beyond OAKLAND, Calif., Jan. 16, 2024 -- Alameda Health System (AHS) announced on Wednesday, Jan. 10 that David Saÿen has been named president of the AHS Board of Trustees. The board is charged with [...]
Alameda, Calif. — Oct. 2, 2023 — The Community Health Fair at Alameda Hospital was an annual event for 25 years before going on hiatus during the COVID-19 pandemic. This year, Alameda Health System (AHS) is pleased to announce its return. This year’s theme is disaster and emergency preparedness, and the Alameda Fire Department, Alameda [...]
Oakland, Calif. — Sept. 27, 2023 — Alameda Health System’s skilled nursing facility in Alameda, CA has been recognized on Newsweek’s 2024 list of America’s Best Nursing Homes. This prestigious award is presented by Newsweek and Statista Inc., the world-leading statistics portal and industry ranking provider. The awards list was announced today, Sept. 27, 2023, [...]
The 3rd Anniversary Party for Beloved Birth Black Centering will feature a screening of A24's 'Earth Mama,' plus a conversation with Beloved alumni and the film's star Tia Nomore and Black maternal health equity leaders. Oakland, Calif. — Sept. 20, 2023 — Oakland-born rapper, actress, and activist Tia Nomore will join Black maternal health leaders at [...]
Oakland, Calif. — August 7, 2023 — Oakland high schoolers are encouraged to apply for Alameda Health System’s (AHS) HealthPATH program, a workforce development initiative that prepares youth for health care careers. Applications for the Health Excellence & Academic Leadership (HEAL) internship, a HealthPATH program for high school students, will be accepted from Monday, Aug. 7 [...]
