The Rise of Alternative Health and Wellness
Businesses in the Capital Region consider the whole person
The approach of Whole Health, a movement led by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, is “Let me understand who you are as a person. … What matters to you as opposed to what’s the matter with you,” says Dr. Michelle Dossett. “I think eventually it’s going to transform what we do in conventional medicine in this country more broadly.”
Conscious Conception
Technology advancements in IVF may help those trying for a family
Increasingly, more people are choosing IVF as the route to parenthood, but the process remains expensive and time-consuming. Over the years, however, improvements in technology have helped and even streamlined treatments. And researchers aren’t done.
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DIGNITY HEALTH
EXPANSION AND ADVANCEMENT FOR THE FUTURE OF HEALTH CARE IN FOLSOM
Dignity Health Mercy Hospital of Folsom is celebrating 35 years of providing high-quality, compassionate health care to Folsom and its surrounding communities. “Mercy Folsom serves as a community hospital while also providing advanced health care services,” says Lisa Hausmann, Mercy Folsom president and CEO.
Status Check: WellSpace Moves Ahead on Behavioral Health
WellSpace Health gains Gold Seal for its Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic
WellSpace is strengthening its behavioral work, announcing on Oct. 9 that its certified community behavioral health clinic had received the Gold Seal of Approval from The Joint Commission.
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The Rising Zone
Unique Business Brings Wellness to the Workplace
The Rising Zone is a unique business concept bringing wellness to the workplace. Founder and Visionary Yvonne Pire, a U.S. Air Force veteran with a successful military and business background, created The Rising Zone as an events and co-working wellness center.
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County of Sacramento
SERVING OUR VETERANS WITH RESPECT, DIGNITY AND COMPASSION
Sacramento County’s Veterans Services Office is taking the lead statewide in providing comprehensive services and resources to our military veterans and their families.
The Need for Nurses
The Capital Region has a nursing shortage. Here’s what health care systems, schools and others are doing about it
National Center for Health Workforce Analysis figures from November 2022 show there could be a shortage of over 78,000 full-time registered nurses in the U.S. by next year, and that the shortage could last several years. CalMatters reported in July 2023 that California was short around 36,000 licensed nurses, citing figures from UC San Francisco, which studies the nursing workforce.
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Medic Ambulance
CELEBRATING 45 YEARS OF COMPASSION, INNOVATION, GROWTH AND SUCCESS
Now celebrating 45 years in business, Medic Ambulance’s story is rich with people, compassion, challenges, innovation, growth and success.
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Kaiser Permanente South Sacramento
EARNING NATIONAL RECOGNITION FOR EXCELLENCE IN NURSING
Rachel Wyatt, DNP, MHA, RN, NEA-BC, has led Kaiser Permanente South Sacramento to become one of only 11 hospitals nationwide — and the only one in California — to earn the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) Magnet Recognition® with Distinction.
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AlphaOne Ambulance
In a groundbreaking collaboration, AlphaOne Ambulance and Dignity Health Mercy San Juan Medical Center have unveiled a state-of-the-art ambulance dedicated to transporting babies born prematurely across Sacramento and surrounding areas to Mercy San Juan’s Level III NICU.