We all want to experience more health, energy and joy. But health and wellness goals can be hard to achieve, whether you’ve recently had a health ...
A lot of people imagine philanthropy is just for the rich and famous. But one Northwest Regional Heart & Vascular patient begs to differ. David* was ...
A Story of Hope: The Dancing Patient At 95 years old, Virginia Burrow has been a beacon of resiliency her entire life. She grew up on an Oklahoma ...
Earlier this month, Adventist Health and Rideout certified nursing assistant Curtis Collier was driving with his father, Chris, and sharing a story ...
In March 2023, the Adventist Health and Rideout Emergency Department welcomed the daughter of Ashley Johnson, a registered nurse at Adventist Health ...
In the bustling and often chaotic environment of a hospital, where the relentless beeping of machines and the hurried footsteps of healthcare ...
When a friend or family member has cancer, it’s easy to feel helpless. Knowing what to say or do is hard. Not being able to look into the future is ...
On his 52nd birthday, Brian Davis asked the Yuba City community to donate 52 pairs of shoes to give to those in need. The community answered, ...
BE Award Recipient: Barbara Kile Nominated By: Julie Buck BE Statement: Be a Mission Owner Julie Buck: "I cannot say enough good things about ...
DAISY Recipient: Johnny Uriostegui Department: 3 Main Nominated by: Patient Letter received by patient: “Nurse Johnny was very patient and welcoming ...
As a longtime healthcare worker, Lovie Whitt kept every letter a patient wrote her. Due to a recent trip to the emergency department at Adventist ...
Adventist Health Portland named Anthony “Tony” Bracco, CNA2, its CNA of the Year. This award is given to an individual who demonstrates professional ...
Phoenix Safley, LPN, has earned the distinction of Adventist Health Portland 2023 Rising Star. This annual award is given to a nurse who embraces new ...
Nadia Fursov, RN, has been named the Adventist Health Portland 2023 Nurse of the Year. This annual award is presented to a nurse who is identified by ...
Valerie Armbruster, 76, of Jamestown, is unabashed about her love of sleeping in. Now that she’s retired, she prefers staying up late with a good book ...
Hydee Berger, a paramedic with Adventist Health Tillamook, has been named the 2023 Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Provider of the Year. Berger was ...
Richard Brainerd, RN, of Adventist Health Tillamook, was awarded the DAISY Foundation™ Award for Extraordinary Nurses during Hospital Week, a ...
Leslie Smith, a food service associate in the Garden Café at Adventist Health Tillamook, has been named the organization’s Associate of the Year for ...
At Adventist Health Tillamook, we make it a point every year to dedicate a week in April to emphasize our mission and promote our associates' ...
The St. Helena Hospital Volunteer program is a shining example of how the power of volunteerism can create a caring and supportive environment for ...
Lauren Ashmore recently celebrated her 15th anniversary with Adventist Health Portland, where she serves as the volunteer services manager. We asked ...
Amid the busy work of doctors, midwives, nurses and support staff in Family Birth Place, one woman’s work is of a quieter nature. You’ll find her arms ...
Public scrutiny over the alarming state of Black maternal health in the U.S. has grown in recent years, especially as more people share their ...
Diabetes, heart disease, cancer, dementia — the risk of many diseases increases with age. But if you’re in your 60s or beyond, you would probably ...
Some anxiety can be good — it helps us avoid danger or make big decisions. When anxiety doesn’t go away, however, it can have emotional and physical ...
It seems as if anxiety is on everyone’s mind lately. And between a pandemic and concerns such as fires and drought, it’s no wonder that one in three ...
Chickpeas have been grown and eaten in Middle Eastern countries for thousands of years. Also known as garbanzo beans, they are a rich source of ...
During March, we celebrate Women’s History Month – 31 days to acknowledge the female pioneers who have paved the way for us all to experience more ...
Have you ever experienced a random act of kindness? Maybe someone held the door open for you, helped you get a stroller down a flight of stairs—or did ...
When nurse practitioner Haley Pacholec joined the Northwest Regional Heart & Vascular cardiology team recently, her face was anything but new. That’s ...
It’s the most wonderful time of the year – but it can quickly feel like the most hectic, leaving your family running from event to event, all while ...
The St. Helena Hospital Foundation and Adventist Health St. Helena’s AHEAD Program invite the community to start Thanksgiving Day with exercise and ...
In her own words, Paige Altman explains why she has donated weighted bears to our Family Birth Place for the past couple of years. In 2018, my husband ...
Richard Orth, DO, a family medicine physician with Adventist Health Portland’s Gresham Station Primary Care (pictured here, left), spent two weeks in ...
When the son of Portland Pickles baseball team co-owner Alan Miller had a choking incident, he was taken to the Adventist Health Portland ER. The ER ...
Each Wednesday, Adventist Health Portland chaplains meet to reflect on the week — how it’s going and what lies ahead. This week, one chaplain broke ...
When you work on a team, nothing means more than having a teammate who always jumps in to do the hard work without complaint. “Mohini is always ...
Nearly three-quarters of employees across all industries say they have experienced the effects of burnout, which is work-related stress that manifests ...
Nurses often go the extra mile. When she’s needed, Heather goes the extra 10 miles. “Heather is one of the hardest working nurses on our unit. While ...
Adventist Health Tillamook announces honorees for their annual nursing DAISY Award® and annual associate of the year award, an important part of ...
Are you letting your vacation days pile up? There’s evidence that suggests you shouldn’t let them go to waste. And after many vacations were delayed ...
We have another Howard Hero to share with our community this week and this one we are very excited about! This month our March Howard Hero is Claudia ...
This month we’re overjoyed to recognize a new Ukiah Hero who goes above and beyond in their work, but this time it’s not just one person, but a group ...
We’re very excited to announce our next Howard Hero, Leigh Austin. Leigh is one of our front lobby volunteers at Adventist Health Howard Memorial and ...
We’re thrilled to announce the newest Mendocino Coast Hero for this month, Lorenzo Garrido. Lorenzo is a certified nurse’s assistant (CNA) on our team ...
We’re very happy to announce our next Ukiah Hero, Hengbing Wang, MD. Dr. Wang is an Oncology and Infusion physician at Adventist Health Ukiah Valley. ...
Lisa M. Harrell is proud of her work at Adventist Health Vallejo. She is a mental health technician and celebrates 12 years at our Vallejo campus on ...
Our latest Howard Hero is known for her kindness, compassion, positive attitude and overall excellence in patient care. She exudes our mission and ...
Like most people, Kingsburg’s Leona Matthews has never really looked forward to visiting the dentist. But Matthews, the first dental patient at ...
After waking up from a nap and eating a snack one day, Mark Daniel found it strange that he couldn’t taste his cookies or milk. A few minutes later, ...
We are so proud to honor our next recipient for the DAISY award this quarter. Our newest awardee is known by her peers and patients as loving, ...
We are thrilled to honor our second DAISY Award winner at our hospital this month. The DAISY Award is a nationwide program that rewards excellence in ...
This month, we have an incredibly deserving Howard Hero. Ashley Baldwin is a practice lead at our Redwood Medical Clinic. She was nominated by her ...
She is known by her peers and patience as enjoyable, gentle, upbeat, compassionate, kind, courteous— the list is never ending! When we speak about ...
Our latest Ukiah Hero truly fits the bill when it comes to living our value of “Be a Force For Good”. He is helpful, kind, caring and is a true asset ...
A new year ahead means setting goals for the next 365 days. For many people, the problem with resolutions is that they’re not specific enough. Instead ...
Lindsay Helvey, MSN, APRN, FNP-C It is often said, “You never know where life will take you.” In Lindsay Helvey’s case, she would never have believed ...
At the end of September, we celebrated another amazing Ukiah Hero. Sarah Valadez-Moreno, was nominated for nearly all of our values including, “Be ...
At the end of September, we were thrilled to award another amazing Howard Hero for the month. Crystal Kimball is a big part of our Adventist Health ...
At the end of September, we celebrated another amazing team member that’s a part of our lab at Adventist Health Mendocino Coast. Brittney Platt ...
Morena Lopez-Hernandez’s doctor asked if she had considered getting a mammogram during a routine checkup. At age 32, she thought the question seemed ...
When Kristi Dunbar told her doctor about a lump she found on her breast, she didn’t think much of it. After all, she had received normal results of a ...
When Chris Gearhart found a lump in her breast, her first thought wasn’t cancer. Instead, the 45-year-old mother thought it could have been something ...
With Memorial Day weekend around the corner, many people are looking forward to outdoor events and spending time with loved ones. To fully enjoy the ...
For the past three decades, the United States has marked March 30 as National Doctors’ Day to honor the nation’s physicians for their dedication and ...
When she opened her eyes, Pauline Morales, found herself laying in a hospital bed, unable to move or speak. She was hooked to several machines, ...
Adversity helps us to learn much about ourselves. As we approach the one-year anniversary of the shutdown of much of the world due to COVID-19, we all ...
By Amber Simson, FNP-C, Adventist Health Medical Office – Lemoore March is National Nutrition month and what a great season to highlight nutrition; ...
Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death in the United States. In a typical year, this disease claims about 655,000 American lives. ...
One of the greatest predictors of adult heart disease is childhood obesity. In 2018, 45% of children at the 5 th grade level in Tulare County were ...
Rebecca Davis Lee Crumpler, MD, was the first African American female physician in the United States. She was born Rebecca Davis in Christiana, ...
On December 1, 1955, a seamstress named Rosa Parks boarded a bus at 6 p.m. in Montgomery, Alabama, and sat in the “colored” section. Several stops ...
As she had done for the past 3,960 days, Alicia Garcia Flynn hesitantly rolled out of bed to inject the first of four insulin shots into her stomach ...
About this series:It takes all kinds of people to care for a community – especially during a pandemic. Spotlightis our occasional series highlighting ...
Growing up in the Dominican Republic, a young boy watched his physician father selflessly provide medical care to family, friends and his community. ...
National Organization of State Offices of Rural Health (NOSORH) honors health leaders each year for being a “Community Star” in the rural community ...
In the San Joaquin Valley, at least 19 people die of diabetes every week. What’s even more surprising than this rising number is how little people ...
Many knew Mayor Ed Grimes as Mr. Tehachapi. He passed away in May 2018, but his memory lives on. That’s why the community wanted to permanently ...
Every November 11, Veterans Day invites us to honor and express gratitude to those who have served our country through the military. This year, we’re ...
The coronavirus pandemic has changed many aspects of how Adventist Health chaplains carry out their work—but one thing hasn’t changed: Their ...
When Erika Hernandez leaves work each day at Adventist Health Simi Valley, she practices the same tedious routine. She strips off soiled scrubs, ...
Jazmin Padilla, a certified nursing assistant at Adventist Health Hanford, was honored with a Rose Award. Rose is an acronym for “Recognition of ...
Parents are an extremely important source of support for their children, especially during situations like the one we currently find ourselves in with ...
To our Adventist Health family, As I write to you today, my heart is broken. Our community is hurting after the senseless death of George Floyd. Once ...
Adventist Health St. Helena is pleased to announce this year’s winner of the prestigious DAISY award, surgery nurse Cindy Nonescan, RN. The DAISY ...
“I pray because I can't help myself.... I pray because the need flows out of me all the time, waking and sleeping. It doesn't change God. It changes ...
There may be no better time than during a global pandemic to focus on your wellbeing. It’s normal to feel greater stress in the new stay-at-home world ...
For those of us who have reliable access to healthy foods, food insecurity is an issue we don’t often consider. But for many, access to nutritious ...
One of my favorite Good Friday sermons is called, “It’s Friday, but Sunday’s Coming.” I first heard it in a sermon preached by sociologist, author and ...
With the closure of many businesses, schools and places of worship, it’s easy to feel isolated and anxious during this time. But with today’s ...
Celebrated globally for the first time on March 8, 1975, International Women’s Day invites us to recognize the incredible achievements of all women. ...
Every four years, we get an extra day in the calendar year. So, this year, instead of 365 days, we’ll have 366 days. While the day often passes ...
Valentine’s Day is upon us again, and with it, our focus turns to love. But why do we tend to focus only on romantic relationships? We can create a ...
When Shellie Carlson was just a baby, her parents left Springfield, Missouri, with a desire to minister to the people of Ethiopia in east Africa. With ...
The holidays are a time to spread happiness and goodwill to all. But for many of us, our focus lands solely on our friends and family. To get to the ...
At a time when everyone is supposed to be full of cheer, those who have lost a loved one may feel sad, lonely and depressed during the holiday season. ...
From Thanksgiving through New Year's, it’s the most wonderful time of the year. You can tap into this feel-good season by taking a deep, joyful dive ...
When Adventist Health Home Care Services community liaison Ashima Pratap began delivering quilts of comfort to home health and hospice veteran ...
Josh Medeiros, facilities manager at Adventist Health in California’s Central Valley, realized that, even though he’s not a caregiver in title, he can ...
During October, we honor pastors, clergy, and chaplains as faith leaders in our communities. These men and women have dedicated their lives to ...
To see Jennifer Hennick today — young, vibrant, enjoying a milestone in her nursing career at Adventist Health Bakersfield and bringing together other ...
Rico Fernandez found more than just a job at Adventist Health Selma. He found a work environment that encouraged him to freely express his love for ...
A couple who volunteers together stays together, as Jan and Larry Moberg will tell you. They recently celebrated 55 years of marriage, and they credit ...
Easter reminds us that death brings life. The darkness of winter is gone; signs of spring, and new life, are evident everywhere. With Good Friday ...
Around the holidays, when Angela Newton reflects on her childhood in Paradise, she thinks about the home her family built. The one with the light blue ...