June 28, 2023 – Oakland, CA –Investigators at Alameda Health System’s (AHS) Bridge Clinic are participating in a new, six-city trial of injectable buprenorphine for the treatment of methamphetamine use disorder in adults who also use opioids. This is the first study to investigate the drug’s efficacy in treating the two co-addictions simultaneously. “People who [...]
Two media outlets highlighted AHS's COVID-19 Memory Archive in stories this May. Both KQED (NPR) and Oaklandside picked up the story and quoted AHS CEO James Jackson in their coverage. The news outlets also featured clips from the archive, including quotes from Dr. Ajeet Singh and Electrocardiograph Tech Anh Ho. The AHS COVID-19 Memory Archive [...]
An Oakland native and member of the 2023 graduating class of Skyline High School, Khazahnique Johnson is eager to get started on her path to a career in health care and she is taking her first steps this summer at the Wilma Chan Highland Hospital Campus (WCHHC) through the Highway to Emergency Department Tech Internship [...]
Alameda Health System’s (AHS) refugee clinic at Eastmont Wellness has deep roots in the community we serve. Established in 1983 it has been providing inclusive and culturally sensitive health care to more than 500,000 refugees from around the world each year since its founding. “Our refugee clinic supports those who have experienced traumatizing displacement from [...]
One in five deaths in California among 15 to 24-year-olds is now fentanyl related. Since 2017, deaths by fentanyl are up 1,027%, according to the latest data from California Health Policy Strategies. Alameda Health System physician Dr. Andrew Herring is on the frontlines of the fentanyl epidemic in the Bay Area. As co-founder of CA [...]
Alameda Health System CEO James Jackson spoke to Morning Edition (NPR/KQED) about The AHS COVID-19 Memory Archive. Listen to the clip to learn more about this archive of short oral history interviews, memories, and materials that reflect AHS’s experience of the COVID-19 pandemic, as described by the frontline workers, physicians, nurses, administrators, telephone operators, chaplains, [...]
The archive features short oral history interviews with the health care workers who were on the frontline of COVID-19 in Alameda County, California. May 11, 2023 – Oakland, CA – Alameda Health System (AHS) has published an AHS COVID-19 Memory Archive to commemorate the end of the COVID-19 state of emergency on May 11, 2023. Earlier in [...]
At Alameda Health System (AHS) the dedicated staff at our four skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) are passionately dedicated to providing the highest quality care and service to our most vulnerable populations every day and during a pandemic is no exception. “I’m incredibly proud of our teams who were able to navigate the rapidly evolving COVID-19 [...]
AHS Index May 2023 | Stroke Awareness 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, and wonder. Percent of deaths in Alameda County that are attributable to stroke: 6 Stroke death [...]
It was a great day to support our community and celebrate Earth Day this year! This past month for Earth Day, twenty members of the AHS family joined CEO James Jackson at a special volunteer event at Dig Deep Farms, a community supported agriculture farm in San Leandro, for staff to help with seeding , [...]
