New year, new boo: This is the most popular dating month

The AHS Index is a new way to look at data that illuminates a snapshot of our world today. It is intended to highlight health inequities and spark conversation, debate, outrage, and wonder.     Increase in time Americans spent at home in 2022, compared to 2003, signaling a trend toward staying in: 1 hour, 39 [...]

Thank you, AHS. This is what you accomplished this year

The AHS Index is a new way to look at data that illuminates a snapshot of our world today. It is intended to highlight health inequities and spark conversation, debate, outrage, and wonder.     Number of emergency room visits provided across Alameda Health System’s (AHS’) hospitals, including at John George Psychiatric Hospital, in fiscal year [...]

Native American health is woefully underfunded. This is how much experts say is really needed 

The AHS Index is a new way to look at data that illuminates a snapshot of our world today. It is intended to highlight health inequities and spark conversation, debate, outrage, and wonder.    Number of square miles traversed by Dr. Susan La Flesche Picotte, the first Native American to receive a medical degree, in [...]

Getting Screened for Life campaign to launch in October 2024!

Breast cancer is the second leading cause of cancer death in women and while breast cancer rates have been decreasing steadily since 1989, the decline has slowed slightly in recent years disproportionately impacting communities of color. Variations in breast cancer can be seen in racial and ethnic groups. For example, Asian, Pacific Islander and white [...]

2024-10-07T21:41:39+00:00October 7th, 2024|Categories: AHS Newsletter, CEO Chronicles, Featured, Latest Stories From AHS|

Newsweek Ranks Alameda Hospital Skilled Nursing Facilities Among America’s Best Nursing Homes

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, and South Shore Rehabilitation and Wellness [...]

More young people are being diagnosed with breast cancer

The AHS Index is a new way to look at data that illuminates a snapshot of our world today. It is intended to highlight health inequities and spark conversation, debate, outrage, and wonder.   Yearly increase in breast cancer rates over the last decade among young women in their 20s, a surprising uptick for a [...]

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 [...]

Upgrading Alameda Hospital to meet seismic requirements

In response to the Northridge earthquake, California lawmakers passed a law that requires hospitals to seismically upgrade their existing buildings or replace them to ensure safety by 2030. Buildings that don’t meet the earthquake standards must cease operations. Alameda Health System (AHS) is committed to continuing to provide critical health care services at Alameda [...]

2024-09-18T19:00:11+00:00September 14th, 2024|Categories: Featured, Latest Stories From AHS|Tags: , , |

Did you know Spanish is the happiest language? Plus more facts for Hispanic Heritage Month 

The AHS Index is a new way to look at data that illuminates a snapshot of our world today. It is intended to highlight health inequities and spark conversation, debate, outrage, and wonder.  Percent of Alameda County residents who are Latino, the largest ethnic and racial minority in the county: 23.4%  Difference in life [...]

A wedding at the Wilma Chan Highland Hospital Campus

Santos and Aleyda were married in their hospital room at Alameda Health System’s (AHS) Wilma Chan Highland Hospital Campus (WCHHC) on Saturday, August 10th. Their son, friends, nurses and hospital staff attended. AHS Chaplain Reverand Betty Clark officiated the ceremony. Santos and Aleyda hoped to host a large wedding and party this Summer, but [...]

2024-08-16T23:10:25+00:00August 16th, 2024|Categories: Featured, Latest Stories From AHS|Tags: , , |