From September 18-22 we join medical facilities across the world in celebrating Healthcare Simulation Week! This global effort recognizes health care professionals who use simulation to improve the safety, effectiveness, and efficacy of health care delivery. Read some celebratory messages from some of our AHS Simulation Center staff below: Jordan Mullings, MD The Sim [...]
We are honored that County Supervisors Lena Tam and Elisa Márquez toured the Wilma Chan Highland Hospital Campus (WCHHC) in August. The Supervisors were excited to have connected with our staff and learn more about the services provided at the WCHHC. Following the tour, we had an engaging discussion about public health system financing led [...]
It’s not often that the San Leandro Hospital (SLH) emergency department (ED) staff is called on to deliver a baby. In fact, they primarily see older patients experiencing heart attacks, strokes and general medical complaints. That all changed in the Summer of 2023 when not only did the team on duty deliver a healthy baby [...]
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 U.S. medical students who have at least one parent who is a physician: 20 Of U.S. medical students [...]
Estefania Estrada knew she wanted to join Alameda Health System’s (AHS) HealthPATH On-Ramp to Health Careers college internship but English is her second language, and she was intimidated by the essay portion of the application. With the help of a community college mentor, Estrada pushed through her nerves, hit the submit button, and – to [...]
At Alameda Health System (AHS) improving health equity is central to our vision for optimizing the health of our diverse and vulnerable community. One of the ways AHS is working to close the health disparities gap is through working with the University of San Francisco School of Nursing and Health Professions (USF SONHP) to launch [...]
There is a Ghanian concept, called Sankofa that centers around making positive progress as a community by helping others and lifting them up. For Dr. Jamal Jefferson, emergency medicine, Sankofa is not only a concept that guides his approach to life, it is something he puts into practice as a volunteer mentor for Alameda Health [...]
Thank you for taking care of our neighborhood! This past Saturday, AHS staff and their families volunteered at the Wilma Chan Highland Hospital Campus Neighborhood Clean-up where we collected over 15 bags of debris from the surrounding neighborhood. It was a great morning to connect with our neighbors!
This profile of Jasmin Canfield, manager of substance use treatment at Alameda Health System, is excerpted from The San Francisco Chronicle special feature, How seven lives were 'forever changed' by the overdose crisis. Jasmin Canfield, a licensed social worker with Alameda Health System, stands inside Wilma Chan Highland Hospital in Oakland. She says addressing [...]
Alameda Health System (AHS) HealthPATH program interns Javier Velasquez Lopez and Nai Saechao were on KTVU morning news along with HealthPATH program manager Joseph Peters to talk about their experience learning about careers in the health care field. HealthPATH provides education and training opportunities to young people in the Alameda County communities that are most [...]
