From the CEO

Times are Tough, But We Are Charting A Course Through The Changing Landscape

Friday, October 28th, 2016

So many of you are now asking me, how are you managing through the seemingly major changes in health care? My answer is… pretty well, all things considered! While health… Read More

A Healing Hospital

Friday, July 22nd, 2016

For the past 20 years I have been working on a new model for hospitals called the Healing Hospital™ One reason I came to Sonoma was because I saw a… Read More

We just completed the annual update to SVH’s three-year rolling strategic plan. It’s an important document that reinforces our mission and values, and identifies near-term objectives. This plan was developed… Read More

Celebrating 70 Years of Community Spirit

Thursday, June 2nd, 2016

I know I say it often, but it bears repeating that Sonoma Valley Hospital is a community hospital in the truest sense of the term. Community spirit has been part… Read More

Sonoma Valley Hospital Is A Model For Safety and Quality

Friday, May 13th, 2016

(This is a guest blog by Jane Hirsch, Sonoma Valley Health Care District Board Chair.) Two years ago Consumer Reports named SVH one of the safest hospitals in the country,… Read More

Today’s Community Hospital Requires Creativity and Nimbleness

Tuesday, March 1st, 2016

Community hospitals face two seemingly contradictory realities today. The first is to operate with an ever-increasing level of efficiency in response to the financial pressures brought about by health care… Read More

Survey Shows How Much Our Community Values Its Hospital

Tuesday, December 15th, 2015

Many believe that how a community hospital is perceived largely depends on the community’s answers to four questions: Is quality of care high? Is the care safely delivered? Is the… Read More

The New Community Hospital

Tuesday, September 1st, 2015

The past several years have been challenging ones for small hospitals as disruptive trends in health care have forced community hospitals to rethink their role to remain viable. I believe… Read More

Why Population Health Is A Strategic Priority

Tuesday, May 19th, 2015

Each year, we update our strategic plan not only to chart our progress and create a vision to share with our community, but also because it causes us to carefully… Read More

Five Years Later, A New SVH

Friday, February 6th, 2015

As 2015 began, we paused to take a look at the past five years. Since coming to this wonderful hospital in 2010, I have been fortunate to see so much… Read More