Gathering around the table for a holiday feast, exchanging presents and connecting with family and friends can be a joyful celebration for many but for others, the holiday blues can trigger feelings of sadness that may last throughout the holiday season, especially during the months of November and December. In addition, people with a [...]

At Alameda Health System (AHS) we recognize that where people live and how they live has a big impact on their health and well-being. Without a safe place to call home, it is nearly impossible to focus on basic health and medical needs especially during the pandemic. Heather MacDonald-Fine, practice manager for AHS Homeless [...]

One year ago, Alameda Health System (AHS) in collaboration with the Alameda County Public Health Department (ACPHD) launched BElovedBIRTH Black Centering, an evolution in perinatal care for Black people. It is rooted in antiracism and the birth justice movement. “We developed BElovedBIRTH Black Centering to combat the crisis of Black birthing people and their [...]

Alameda Health System (AHS) continues to demonstrate its mission of serving all by hosting two special clinics to connect new Afghan community members who began resettling in the Bay Area in mid-August with health care services, a primary care home and other health resources.  The clinics were organized and operationalized by Kathryn Horner, vice [...]

Alameda Health System (AHS) earned the 2021 College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME) Digital Health Most Wired recognition for acute, ambulatory and long-term and post-acute care (LTPAC). The CHIME Digital Health Most Wired program conducts an annual survey to assess how effectively health care organizations apply core and advanced technologies into their clinical [...]

Pharmacy team and the first Pfizer COVID-19 Vaccines shipping box This week during the annual National Hospital and Health-System Pharmacy Week, October 17-23, AHS celebrates and honors the pharmacy   staff’s many contributions to our patients and community during these unprecedented and challenging times. From the outset of the pandemic, Clinical Pharmacists and [...]

Women often spend much of their time helping others and they don't make time for their own health and wellbeing. During our current pandemic, many of our identifying female patients may not have been available to get their cervical and breast screenings.  AHS Hayward Wellness Clinic and Newark Wellness Clinic invite YOU to take [...]

With the Thanksgiving holiday right around the corner, I’m already taking steps to ensure my guests and I are safe this holiday season. Not only have I received my COVID-19 shots, including the booster, but I also received my annual flu vaccine. As someone who works in health care, I find it important to do [...]

Flu Clinic at Alameda Hospital - 2020 Free Community Flu Shot Clinic at Alameda Hospital Alameda Health System  is hosting a free community flu shot clinic on Saturday, October 23, 9 a.m. - noon, while supplies last at Alameda Hospital Each fall the flu returns to our community and brings with it [...]

Every employee is a leg of the table and together we hold it up. Maybe our roles and responsibilities are different, but we can’t do one without the other. Everyone is important. I think it is an honor to serve a community of the uninsured or underinsured. How we do [...]