Organizer Profile
Alameda Health System (AHS)

Alameda Health System (AHS)

Oakland, California, United States of America

Alameda Hospital began as Alameda Sanatorium, which was founded in 1894 by registered nurse Kate Creedon. Creedon converted a small house into a six-bed facility with a desperately needed operating room. Before its founding, there was no medical facility of any kind in Alameda. Horse drawn carriages and bicycles brought doctors to patients’ homes and patients to doctors’ offices. Surgeries were often performed on the kitchen table using chloroform as the most common anesthetic.

Our Mission:
Caring, Healing, Teaching, Serving All

Our Vision:
Alameda Health System will be recognized as a world-class patient and family centered system of care that promotes wellness, eliminates disparities and optimizes the health of our diverse communities.

Our Promise:
• Other health systems commit to care – We live the promise of community health.
• Other health systems serve some – We serve all.
• Other health systems heal – We train, teach and lead.
• Other health systems provide health care – We educate and enable people to better care for themselves.
• Other health systems support the community – We are the community.