The Tragic Death of Chadwick Boseman Reminds Us All of the Importance of Colorectal Cancer Screenings As we mourn the passing of Chadwick Boseman, Alameda Health System (AHS) encourages our patients and the community we serve to get screened early.  Colon cancer is one of the most preventable cancers if detected early. The American [...]

Masking is essential for slowing the spread of COVID-19. In order to encourage more people to mask up when going out and social distancing is possible, we've partnered with notable public figures in the East Bay-Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf, Liam Hendricks of the Oakland A's to name a few. Below are the videos that [...]

Vincent Tran has a lot to be thankful for and he is especially appreciative of the care and compassion he received from the dedicated care providers at Alameda Health System’s Highland Hospital after he was hit by a car while riding a motorized skateboard in Oakland. As a result of the accident Tran [...]

Donation of Decontamination Kits Helps AHS Maximize and Extend the Life of Valuable PPE As we know having enough supplies, including PPE, is critical in our efforts at Alameda Health System (AHS) to keep our staff and patients safe. As the numbers of COVID-19 cases continue to rise across California and the Bay [...]

Change in OMFS (Oral Maxillofacial Surgery) affiliation and new Residency Director On July 7th, 2020 AHS started a new affiliation with UCSF OMFS program under the leadership of Dr. Brian Bast, Chair of OMFS at UCSF. Under this affiliation and in collaboration with AHS, UCSF has been able to recruit four full time [...]

Ross Miller, an ER nurse at Highland Hospital took a winding road to a career in healthcare, but once he began working in Highland’s emergency room, he never looked back. I graduated from college with a degree in economics in 2008, during the recession. I found myself applying for jobs that I didn’t [...]

We are pleased to announce that effective today, July 1, 2020, Alameda Health System (AHS) will launch the East Bay Medical Group (EBMG), the physician organization to provide services across the system within Alameda County.  The re-branded physician group combines Alameda Health Partners (AHP) and the OakCare Medical Group to strengthen the provider enterprise [...]

We’re mad! We’re hurting! But, we’re healers, so we won’t be stopped! Colleagues, During my adolescent years, I once fell off a play structure about 12-15ft tall and landed flat on my chest.  For a few minutes (but what felt much longer), I experienced a terribly frightening sensation of being unable to either [...]

People experiencing homelessness are uniquely vulnerable to contracting COVID-19 and Alameda Health System (AHS), in collaboration with the county, has been at the forefront of providing much-needed care and testing. By Janet DeVor As a collaborating partner for Alameda County’s Project Roomkey, Damon Francis, MD and medical director for the AHS Health [...]

As part of Alameda Health System’s (AHS) comprehensive COVID-19 response and recovery plan, the system opened its first ambulatory drive-through and walk-up testing site at San Leandro Hospital (SLH) for AHS patients on Wednesday, May 13, 2020.  After being evaluated by an AHS physician, symptomatic patients who meet the criteria for COVID-19 and receive a [...]