Olivia Palacios Community Health Outreach Worker (CHOW) Complex Care Program The Power of Compassion and Persistence. A CHW patient story. Olivia Palacios, a community health outreach worker (CHOW) with the Complex Care Program at the Wilma Chan Highland Hospital Campus (WCHHC), shared this powerful patient story. When I met Martin, he was [...]
Tashara Hunt Community Health Worker (CHW) Care Transitions I began my career at Alameda Health System (AHS) nine years ago in emergency department (ED) registration and admitting. Then three years ago, I made the move to become a community health worker (CHW) on the community health outreach transitions team. I made this [...]
Latina Howard Mobile Health Specialist Dental Mobile Clinic What I love most about being a community health worker (CHW) is witnessing those small but powerful moments when a patient starts to feel like themselves again, whether it is relief after finding a needed resource or the confidence to make a follow-up appointment. [...]
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<< Back to Board of Trustees Dr. Nicholas Moss is the Alameda County Health Officer, a position he has held since 2020. He is a member of the executive team at Alameda County Health and sits within the Public Health Department. As Health Officer he supports efforts to monitor [...]
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<< Back to our Leadership Christine Yang is the Chief Information Officer at Alameda Health System. In this role, Christine oversees Information Technologies, Cybersecurity, and Clinical Engineering. With over 30+ years of experience in health care IT, Christine previously spent 24 years at Stanford Medicine, contributing to a variety [...]
<< Back to our Leadership Dr. Andrea Wu is the Associate Chief Medical Officer for Acute Care Services at Wilma Chan Highland Hospital for Alameda Health System. In this role, Dr. Wu oversees the clinical services of the Emergency Department, Perioperative Areas, Inpatient Services, and the Family Birthing Center [...]
<< Back to our Leadership Preston Walton is the President for Alameda Health System Foundation. In this role, Preston oversees Foundation strategy and philanthropy efforts to support patient program and services for Alameda Health System (AHS). Prior to becoming President at Alameda Health System Foundation, Preston served as the [...]
<< Back to our Leadership Ana Torres is the Vice President for Quality for Alameda Health System. In this role, Ana oversees Patient Safety, Quality Analytics, Quality Outcomes, Regulatory Affairs, Infection Prevention and Simulation Center. Prior to working at Alameda Health System, she worked at Verity Health where she [...]
