Adventist Health

In every office and at every bedside, our teams are inspired to care for patients and their families as whole people. This means providing more than clinical expertise — we offer more comfort and compassion to those entrusted to our care. Because at Adventist Health, we know we're all made for more. Our Heartbeat in a Bottle project provides a keepsake for families to treasure after their loved one has passed. Launched at Adventist Health Sonora last spring, ICU staff print a copy of a patient's EKG and place it in a vial to create a keepsake for families to treasure after their loved one has passed. Jessica Hamilton, RN, started the Heartbeat in a Bottle project as a way to continue providing comfort to people like Diane Severud, whose daughter, Cory, passed away in the ICU several months before the program at Adventist Health Sonora began. Diane saw our social media post about the project and reached out. Thanks to Jessica, her ICU coworkers and our medical records department, Diane received her daughter’s heartbeat all those months later. Hear her story in this video. #MadeForMore #AdventistHealthSonora

Congratulations to our newest The DAISY Foundation award winner Yum Truong, from our Med/Surg team at #AdventistHealthUkiahValley. Her peers recognized her advocacy for a patient, making sure they had all the resources needed for continued recovery. Her nomination reads, “A patient was discharged with 5 new medications as a Spanish speaking patient who did not understand her discharge instructions. Knowing that it was very important for the patient to be able to understand her home care instructions, Yum jumped into action gathering resources, even going as far as printing pictures of pills, showing which ones to take at which time, partnering with the pharmacist to help educate the patient. She deployed Meds to Beds, calling anyone to help translate in person and working with the patient's friend who spoked the language to help translate at the bedside. Yum stopped at nothing to ensure the patient had everything they needed before discharge. It would have been easy to go and discharge the patient with a video interpreter. But Yum took the extra step to provide the patient with resources so that they can be successful in their care after being discharged.” Congratulations Yum!

Happy to finally have the technology available for our patients. We have all been waiting for this day this will be a total game changer White Memorial Medical Center/Adventist Health first in our system and in Los Angeles to utilize drug coated balloon Boston Scientific #agent Adventist Health #interventionalcardiology #cardiology

Join host Japhet De Oliveira for an engaging conversation with Wes Rippey, surgeon and medical officer at Adventist Health Portland as they discuss his family's medical background, moments of courage, the importance of commitment and dedication, and the challenges and rewards of being a surgeon. Listen here: ahlink.org/3WP9lPi

We are excited to announce the completion of significant upgrades in our Radiology department at #AdventistHealthTillamook. Our new state-of-the-art fluoroscopy equipment, digital X-ray room and portable digital X-ray unit are designed to provide fast-acting care with minimal disruption and the highest diagnostic precision. With these advancements, we’ve already conducted over 3,500 ultra-high-quality digital radiography exams. Dr. Paul Welch shared, “I am very pleased with the new imaging technology upgrades. I can now manage patient care locally without sending patients out of the county for diagnostic testing.”

Last week, our team at #AdventistHealthSonora was honored to bless the site of the future Labyrinth Peace Garden at the Health Pavilion and Diana J. White Cancer Institute. Made possible by generous gifts from Betty and H. Randolph Holder and Adventist Health Sonora's Hospice Patient Support Fund, the garden will serve as an area for prayer, meditation and healing open to patients, staff and the community. Labyrinths are an ancient style of meandering path that have been used as part of religious practice and spiritual pilgrimage for centuries. The ceremony also included a groundbreaking by #AdventistHealth leadership and representatives from Teter, Inc. and Solomon's Gardens Nursery & Landscape, who will be working on construction of the garden this summer and fall. We look forward to seeing this beautiful new space come to life for our community!

Welcome to the fam! To say that we’re excited to see these smiling faces is an understatement! We recently welcomed this new group of nursing graduates to our family at Adventist Health Ukiah Valley and Howard Memorial as part of our new RN residency program. These 19 nurses will begin their year of learning and working alongside our teams as they begin the transition from new nurse graduates to becoming a professional nurse. Our seasoned preceptors and entire team will be there to guide them through this time, and make sure they have all the support they need as they get familiar with our hospital, their departments and our culture. What’s even more amazing and exciting is that many of them are familiar faces to us because they have been part of our family and have grown in their careers with us. And we are proud to support them as they continue growing! Many of them we already know and love also, because they've spent time training at our facility as they were going through nursing school. Many of them will be spending their residency in Ukiah while some will be at our sister facility at Howard. Some of them are also part of our nursing float pool. Our nursing float pool will spend time learning at both campuses, so they get to know our teams and facilities and will be able to fill in gaps in staffing as needed. We couldn't be more excited to have them on board and part of our family and were even more excited to see the difference they will make caring for our patients. Congratulations and welcome to our family to: Back row, left to the right: Jaclyn, Daniel, Sandi, Keith, Joseph, Matthew Polk, Melyssa, Madison, and Justine. Front row, left to right: Alma, Berenice, Jessica, Marisol, Bailey, Sierra, Brianne, Mazie, Carley, Gracie and Alicia. Thank you for choosing a career caring for others and thank you for choosing us! ——- Want to learn more about our New Nurse Residency program and be part of an awesome team? Reach out to me and I can connect you to Jolee White or Hope Rebecca!

Join host Japhet De Oliveira for an inspiring conversation with Erasmo Cortez, our Administrative Director for Grants, as they discuss growing up in a large family, facing financial struggles, and the importance of faith, forgiveness, and building others up. Listen here: ahlink.org/4dPUl9Z

Please help us congratulate the team at Adventist Health St. Helena!

We're building on the incredible heritage of our two newest hospitals on the Central Coast and already working to expand services for San Luis Obispo County. That's why we wanted to celebrate Adventist Health Sierra Vista, Adventist Health Twin Cities, their imaging centers and clinics with two special events in June where had the opportunity to recognize how much more we're going to accomplish together. Thank you to each staff member, provider and neighbor who joined us to look forward to a bright future for local healthcare! #AdventistHealthSierraVista #AdventistHealthTwinCities