Gary Passama

Gary Passama retired as president and CEO of NorthBay Healthcare on March 31, 2017. An active blogger since 2010, here’s a collection of his work.

Posts from 2015

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A Look Ahead

December 29, 2015 | 1 Comments

Three days to go and 2015 is history. Last week my blog took a look back at 2015. So let’s look at what NorthBay Healthcare can anticipate in the new year ahead.

First is the obvious, at least if you have visited our two hospital campuses. Both are construction zones with major projects under way.

In Vacaville, the 110,000-square-foot wellness center is six months...
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A Look Back

December 22, 2015 | 0 Comments

It is Christmas week and I really don’t want to spend time berating the mega-providers, or making fun of clueless pundits or pondering the absurdities of political tinkering with the health system. There will be plenty of time for that next year. 

Instead, I have been thinking about what happened in 2015 at NorthBay Healthcare and our progress in providing compassionate care,...
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A Long List

December 17, 2015 | 1 Comments

Two news announcements last week about one of the Oakland-based organization’s hospitals here in Solano County struck me as being at cross purposes.

The first announcement came from the state of California and it was about a fine of nearly $150,000 to the elephant’s Vallejo hospital for poor needle disposal, which led to individuals being stuck by used needles. That, of course,...
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A Nurse's Story

December 15, 2015 | 1 Comments

I want to share with you a story shared with all of our staff in NorthBay Healthcare’s biweekly newsletter. I am not being lazy about cranking out another blog post, although I can be lazy. I was struck reading this NorthBay nurse’s story about how many of us, whether in health care or not, take for granted what goes on every...
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Two Connections

December 10, 2015 | 0 Comments

If you read my essays on a regular basis you know we like to tell stories at NorthBay Healthcare about how we connect to the community and to our patients. It is part of what we call the “NorthBay Way.” Over the Thanksgiving weekend I made two “connections” which at first I thought to be unrelated. Now I am not so sure...
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