This month’s update on the BEST Initiatives spotlights the Care Optimization workstream. The team has been hard at work designing solutions for three different priorities: Interdisciplinary Rounds (IDRs) and Care Management, Transfer Center, and Emergency Department (ED) Nursing. The solutions for each of these areas will be piloted at Highland and then modified for [...]
Edition: July 2022 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. Life expectancy of a white child born in the Oakland Hills: 85 [1] Life expectancy of a [...]
Thank you to everyone who has played a role in the success of our Building Excellence, Sustainability, and Trust (BEST) Initiatives! These initiatives encompass several priorities within Revenue Cycle, Pharmacy, Supply Chain, Care Optimization and the Medical Group. While there is more to do to reach our ultimate financial goals, collectively these five initiatives [...]
A new year has come and, with it, a new SCORE Survey. Your voice is critical to improving work conditions and the safety and reliability of the care we deliver. Together we can reach our goal to create a reliable, sustainable, and transparent culture of safety. As you may recall in 2021, we embarked [...]
Ten Alameda Health System (AHS) departments have been presented with Culture of Safety Innovation Awards for improving teamwork, communication, and safety in their work settings. The award winners are: Anesthesia Providers & APPs Hayward Wellness Center – Providers & Staff HCP5 – Infusion & Specialty Clinics Highland ACT 9 Highland Emergency Department Staff Highland Inpatient Pharmacy [...]
At Alameda Health System (AHS) we are committed to the health and wellness of the diverse communities we serve, including eliminating race-related disparities in cervical cancer care for Black women. One of the most effective ways to achieve this objective is through early detection and regular cancer screenings. On Saturday, January 29 in support [...]
It has come to the attention of Alameda Health System (AHS) that individuals are impersonating AHS Human Resources staff to offer fictitious job opportunities. These offers are often accompanied with a check to be cashed by the applicant or requests of personal information through an online form or application. Please do not respond to [...]
Outpatient Behavioral Health Services Outpatient behavioral health services are offered at two convenient locations for Alameda Health System and Alameda County residents: Highland Hospital Campus in Oakland for residents in the north part of the county and Fairmont Hospital Campus in San Leandro for residents in the south and east part of the county. [...]
Every year on November 11 we recognize and honor our veterans who bravely serve our country to protect our freedom and democracy. Whether we are at war or in a deadly pandemic we can count on our service men and women to keep us safe and free. I’m proud to say I served in [...]
Dr. Monish Ullal speaks with a patient at the Bridge substance use clinic at Highland Hospital in Oakland on Oct. 6, 2021. Originally Published in KQED October 2021 By Lesley McClurg and April Dembosky In this episode of The California Report Magazine, health reporters Lesley McClurg and April Dembosky take us inside [...]
