Alameda Health System (AHS) proudly participated in this year's Oakland Pride Parade, celebrating diversity, inclusion and belonging. Our dedicated teams not only marched in the parade but also hosted a booth at the festival, promoting health and wellness for our LGBTQ+ community. With enthusiasm and joy, [...]
Since 1955, Alameda Health System has been a respected teaching institution with a renowned graduate medical education program. In addition, our HealthPATH program provides valuable opportunities to students from underserved communities. This month's newsletter and video showcase the significant role teaching plays in our mission of caring, healing, teaching, serving all, and [...]
On a beautiful sunny day in June, 46 high school HealthPATH students got out of the classroom and into the garden at Planting Justice, a food justice organization in Oakland that is tackling inequalities in access to fresh produce in low-income neighborhoods. Students worked alongside the Planting Justice [...]
This summer, twenty-two Oakland and San Leandro high school students enrolled in HealthPATH’s Health Excellence & Academic Leadership (HEAL) program learned how they can save lives in a bleeding emergency by participating in Stop the Bleed (STB) training on the Wilma Chan Highland Hospital Campus (WCHHC). “Everyone [...]
Alameda Health System’s (AHS) mentorship program is just one of the ways we are committed to investing in those who aspire to grow, lead and help transform the future of health care for [...]
Alameda Health System’s (AHS) Backpack and School Supply Drives are underway so let’s do what we can to help our neighborhood children succeed! The cost of school supplies can be a significant hurdle for many families, especially this year with prices soaring at all-time highs. Families are struggling to keep food on the [...]
The Alameda Health System (AHS) patient portal that allows AHS patients to access their health information online has been rebranded to MyChart based on patient feedback. Under the direction of the Patient Innovation Committee, a team that included Information Services, Ambulatory Care Services and Public Affairs and Community Engagement, launched a patient survey in [...]
Alameda Health System’s (AHS) Growing, Glowing, and Afterglow Project (GGAP) held its second annual graduation to celebrate forty mamas and birthing people who completed the six-week perinatal wellness group. The GGAP is a virtual program facilitated by a therapist [...]
After experiencing severe injuries to her face and forearm from a dog bite, Alameda Health System (AHS) patient Betsy Reeves came to Creedon Advanced Wound Care (CAWC) where she not only received state-of-the-art hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT), a treatment used to speed up the healing of wounds that won’t heal, she found a champion [...]
From an early age, James Feeney, MD, hospitalist at Highland Hospital understood that his father, Colin Feeney, MD, an Alameda Health System (AHS) provider was truly making a meaningful difference in people’s lives through an exceptional dedication to his patients at Highland Wellness and the medical intensive care unit (MICU) at the Wilma Chan [...]
