By Mari Devereaux for Modern Health Care. Before its leaders began putting resources toward revamping its quality program, Alameda Health System was in a tough spot. In 2020, the San Francisco Bay Area public health system received low hospital safety grades from the Leapfrog Group and five condition-level findings from the Joint Commission accrediting body, [...]
For the last year, Alameda Health System has gathered with 12 other California public health care systems to share strategies for dismantling structural racism in health care. The program is called the Racial Equity Community of Practice (CoP). It is a first-of-its-kind, designed specifically for public health care systems in partnership with the National Equity [...]
Highland Hospital saw about twice as many gunshot wounds in 2022 and 2021 than it did the previous two years. AHS CEO James Jackson and Chief of Trauma Dr. Timothy Browder were on KTVU Fox 2 to sound the alarm. “This level of violence is new, and I won’t accept it as a new norm,” [...]
AHS CEO James Jackson called a press conference following a shooting at Oakland’s Rudsdale Newcomer High School that wounded six people. "We’ve seen almost a doubling of the violent crimes here at our facility. So something has changed. I’m a son of Oakland. I grew up in Oakland... I’m calling on community leaders, and I’m [...]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Alameda Health System Reports Increased Gun Violence The East Bay public health system is sounding the alarm as incidents of gunshot wounds continue to rise. Sep. 29, 2022, Oakland, CA— Alameda Health System’s Highland Hospital received three victims of the gun violence that broke out in Oakland on Wednesday afternoon, Sep. 28. [...]
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, outrage and wonder. Hottest Bay Area temperature during last month’s Sep. 1 – 8 heatwave: 1161 Hottest local temperature ever recorded in the [...]
Support our local shelters in Alameda County by donating unused or new socks October 1 - 31, 2022. AHS Food and Nutrition Services (FNS) is leading the Soctober sock drive to support shelters and community organizations that provide services to the unhoused members of our community. Socks are the most needed, but the least donated [...]
At its core Alameda Health System (AHS) is committed to delivering patient-centered care to the most vulnerable. This unwavering commitment was recently demonstrated by the systemwide response for MPX testing. Under the coordination and leadership of Sunny Lai, MD, associate medical director of the Adult Immunology Clinic at Highland Wellness Center, AHS was able to [...]
Alameda Health System’s (AHS) Chief Information Officer (CIO) Mark Amey regards the famous Martin Luther King Jr. quote, "Life's most persistent and urgent question is, 'What are you doing for others?’” as an inspirational call to action for his team and him. “At AHS I have the honor and privilege of leading a dedicated and [...]
