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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AHS Gynecologic Oncology Service Saves Lives
After being diagnosed with endometrial cancer at an outside hospital, Alicia Gonzales Grimaldo, a forty year-old mother of five was denied surgery due to lack of health insurance. As a [...]
CBS News Highlights How BelovedBIRTH Black Centering Helps New Moms Thrive
CBS Bay Area News follows BelovedBIRTH Black Centering patient Sabrina as she maneuvers pregnancy, perinatal care, and new motherhood. Featuring Alameda Health System (AHS) midwife and BelovedBIRTH program director Jyesha [...]
KQED Features AHS Midwife and BelovedBIRTH Black Centering Program Director Jyesha Wren
Originally published on The Bay, a KQED program. The U.S. ranks 55th in the world in maternal mortality rates. Those rates are even worse for Black women, whose maternal mortality [...]
Cancer Community Collaborative
Join Alameda Health System and their Cancer Community Collaborative to hear about their work on addressing racism-based disparities in diagnostic delays for breast, cervical and colorectal cancer for Black patients [...]
Five Lessons Learned as the CIO of a Safety Net Organization
Originally published on EpicShare. By Mark D. Amey, MBA, Chief Information Officer at Alameda Health System Alameda Health System (AHS) is a public, integrated health care provider that delivers equitable, [...]
Top health official hopes to take local ‘food for medicine’ program nationwide.
Originally published on CBS News. OAKLAND - U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Xavier Becerra was at Wilma Chan Highland Hospital in Oakland on Friday morning to hear how [...]