AHS Recognized for BETA HEART® Excellence

Alameda Health System (AHS) is honored to receive the 2025 BETA HEART® Validation, highlighting our commitment to healing, empathy, accountability, resolution and trust (HEART). This year marks a monumental milestone as AHS achieved validation in all five HEART domains, as well as in OB Quest, which improves safety and [...]

2025-09-26T22:46:18+00:00September 26th, 2025|Categories: Featured|

AHS leader honored for decades of service in Alameda County

Sambo Ly, Alameda Health System’s (AHS’) manager of interpreter services, has won the Icon Award from Bay Area news station KPIX in recognition of her decades of service to refugees and community members in Alameda County.   The Icon Award highlights people who have made a significant and impactful contribution to their community. KPIX reporter Sharon [...]

Alameda Health System is recognized for responsible sourcing and sustainable procurement

Alameda Health System (AHS) has been recognized as a top performer by Vizient® in its 2025 Responsible Sourcing Ranking. This honor is in recognition of AHS' sustainable procurement practices that drive economic resilience and regenerative social impacts. AHS is the public safety-net health system that provides health care to all in Alameda County. However, AHS [...]

2025-09-18T18:13:12+00:00September 18th, 2025|Categories: AHS Press Releases, Featured|Tags: , , , , , |

The high stakes of shrinking Medicaid

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.  Estimated number of people who are expected to become uninsured by 2034, due to the Medicaid cuts recently passed by Congress as [...]

2025-09-17T23:40:16+00:00September 17th, 2025|Categories: AHS Index, AHS Newsletter, Featured, Latest Stories From AHS|

AHS Simulation Center celebrates Healthcare Simulation Week 2025

The Alameda Health System (AHS) Simulation Center is proud to join the global community in celebrating Healthcare Simulation Week 2025, observed this year from September 15-19. Healthcare Simulation Week is an annual event organized by the Society for Simulation in Healthcare (SSH) to highlight the vital role that simulation plays in health care. This [...]

2025-09-15T18:53:34+00:00September 15th, 2025|Categories: Featured|

Alameda Post: Five tips for choosing a nursing home

Skilled nursing facilities, often referred to as nursing homes, provide long-term, medically necessary treatment to residents of all ages. The majority of nursing home residents are seniors who need a higher level of care than they can receive at home, but do not need acute care in a hospital setting. Others are people of all [...]

2025-09-09T22:53:09+00:00September 9th, 2025|Categories: Featured, Media Coverage of AHS|

AHS joins Oakland Pride parade and festival to champion health and inclusion

Alameda Health System was thrilled to march in the Oakland Pride parade and festival this past Sunday! Over 40 AHS staff, family, and friends marched together with pride, waving flags, sharing smiles, and showing our unwavering support for the LGBTQ+ community. At [...]

2025-09-09T16:29:16+00:00September 8th, 2025|Categories: AHS Newsletter, CEO Chronicles, Featured|

CEO Chronicles: Impacts to AHS from the Big Bill

  As a health care system that serves Alameda County's most vulnerable patients, Alameda Health System (AHS) is profoundly concerned about the Big Bill's impact on our communities. Millions of Californians may lose access to care and Alameda Health System will continue to advocate relentlessly and strategically at the local, state and federal [...]

2025-09-08T16:10:48+00:00September 8th, 2025|Categories: AHS Newsletter, CEO Chronicles, Featured|

CEO Spotlight: Andrea Zamora

  As an employee relations consultant, Andrea Zamora loves that no two days are the same. She enjoys learning and building strong partnerships between employees, management and unions to create a supportive workplace. Outside of work, she channels her creativity through painting and drawing, including a mural she created for a local gym. [...]

2025-09-08T16:02:04+00:00September 8th, 2025|Categories: AHS Newsletter, CEO Chronicles, Featured|

Getting a healthy start at every grade

  A healthy start leads to a strong school year. Alameda Health System is here to support children with convenient checkups, vaccinations, and sports physicals from the first day of class to the final bell. “When kids feel their best, they do their best and are better learners,” said Pamela Simms-Mackey, MD, chair of [...]

2025-09-08T15:38:49+00:00September 8th, 2025|Categories: AHS Newsletter, CEO Chronicles, Featured|