Entries Tagged as From the Desk
NorthBay is Back on Track
One year ago, NorthBay Health, like many hospitals around the country, found itself in dire financial straits, as the pandemic wound down and the economy went into a tailspin. But NorthBay responded swiftly and with focus. And today it’s a much different situation. That’s because our recovery plan wasn’t just about cutbacks: It also included…
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Ready for the Next Chapter
NorthBay President and CEO Plans to Retire Dec. 31, 2023 After a 40-plus year career that spanned both the health care industry and corporate America, NorthBay Health President and CEO B. Konard Jones has decided it is time to begin a new chapter. In March, he announced plans to retire at the end of the…
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It’s Nearly Time to Turn The Page to a New Chapter
After a 40-year career, with nearly 20 years at NorthBay Health, I made the decision in March to announce that I am retiring at the end of the year. It’s never easy to close such an important chapter in your life, but this is the right time and the right decision for me and my…
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Difficult Decisions To Ensure Future
Earlier this summer NorthBay Health — like a lot of nonprofit hospitals around the country — found itself in the unenviable position of having to make extremely difficult but necessary decisions to ensure the future of our health care system, which has been serving the Solano County community for 62 years. As the global pandemic started to ebb, serious…
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Expert Care, Closer to Home
As the impact of a two-year global pandemic continues to affect our community, at NorthBay Healthcare we continue the battle as we also count our blessings. We are nimble enough to pivot when facing a calamity, even one as enormous as this. We have the expertise to COVID-19 test thousands of residents and put vaccines…
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Good Time to Choose NorthBay
Our community-based, independent health system has prevailed over many crises in its 60-year history, but nothing compares to the 2020 outbreak of COVID-19. Families, schools, businesses — and humanity in general — can say the same about agonizing personal experiences in the pandemic that came to Solano County seven months ago. There’s more uncertainty ahead. But I can tell…
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Right Idea, Right Time
When the pioneers of NorthBay Healthcare saw a need more than 60 years ago, they united to raise funds and create the community’s first hospital. It’s that same spirit of commitment, that same dedication to advanced medicine that produced our latest and greatest feat — the addition of the North Wing at NorthBay Medical Center in Fairfield….
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So Many Reasons To Select NorthBay
Today’s consumer makes a lot of decisions about their health care, from vitamins and supplements to choosing an obstetrician to deliver their baby or a surgeon to save their life. So how far is too far to drive for a doctor’s appointment? How much should you pay for a visit? For prescriptions? What if you…
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NorthBay is Here for You
When our communities in northern Solano County desperately needed a hospital in the 1950s, civic leaders took action. Volunteers hit the street, going door to door to collect donations, holding penny drives, luncheons and fancy galas. They were here for us when we needed their leadership and vision to create Intercommunity Memorial Hospital, which opened…
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Let’s Thank Them for Their Service
Whether you’re walking the hallways at NorthBay Medical Center, NorthBay VacaValley Hospital, or visiting a physician at one of our primary care facilities, it’s not hard to find a veteran. There are scores of them working at every one of NorthBay Healthcare’s six campuses in Fairfield and Vacaville. Of our 2,600 employees, more than 200…
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You Have Questions? NorthBay Has Answers
Each year tens of thousands of Solano County residents have the opportunity to determine their health care future. It’s called “open enrollment” and it is here. For NorthBay Healthcare it is a time when we renew our efforts to inform you about your choices and why our community-based, independent provider of advanced medicine may be…
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Be Prepared
Before communities are besieged by fires, floods, earthquakes and hurricanes, the key to survival—and success—is to be prepared. In this edition of Wellspring, we provide suggestions to help you create a plan to ensure the health of your family and the safety of your home. We hope you find the information valuable. Being equipped to…
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Choose Well, Choose NorthBay
If it’s fall, it must be Open Enrollment season. That’s the magical time of year—usually between August and December—when people can opt to change their health insurance and other benefit programs. Selecting your insurance plan determines who you can pick for your physician, so it’s a pretty important choice. After all, your doctor just may…
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It’s Decision Time
For tens of thousands of Solano County residents, an important decision is at hand. Sadly, most people will spend more time considering a new car purchase than researching which doctor and health system to trust with their well-being and the lives of their loved ones. There is one connection that is often overlooked: When you…
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Our Key to Achieving Advanced Medicine
I am humbled and excited to settle into this space in Wellspring, providing a CEO’s view of NorthBay Healthcare—today and into the future. I have just completed my first 100 days at the helm of this nonprofit, independent community institution and it feels natural. I have my predecessor, Gary Passama, to thank for that because…
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High-tech Tools in NorthBay’s Pocket
Do the words “community hospital” conjure the image of a place where complex brain and spinal surgery happen on a regular basis? Or where life-saving orthopedic care is available 24/7/365? Where cutting-edge equipment and medical know-how allow cancer patients get their treatments close to home? Or where the parents of fragile newborns can keep an…
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The Road Ahead
When I became CEO of NorthBay Healthcare I had just turned 33, and everyone was older than me. Time ticked by, and with it an unsettling feeling has started to grow. You see, 35 years later, most everyone is younger. Although that was not the pivotal reason, I realized it was time for me to…
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The Road Ahead
When I became CEO of NorthBay Healthcare I had just turned 33, and everyone was older than me. Time ticked by, and with it an unsettling feeling has started to grow. You see, 35 years later, most everyone is younger. Although that was not the pivotal reason, I realized it was time for me to…
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The Road Ahead
When I became CEO of NorthBay Healthcare I had just turned 33, and everyone was older than me. Time ticked by, and with it an unsettling feeling has started to grow. You see, 35 years later, most everyone is younger. Although that was not the pivotal reason, I realized it was time for me to…
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The Road Ahead
When I became CEO of NorthBay Healthcare I had just turned 33, and everyone was older than me. Time ticked by, and with it an unsettling feeling has started to grow. You see, 35 years later, most everyone is younger. Although that was not the pivotal reason, I realized it was time for me to…
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The Road Ahead
When I became CEO of NorthBay Healthcare I had just turned 33, and everyone was older than me. Time ticked by, and with it an unsettling feeling has started to grow. You see, 35 years later, most everyone is younger. Although that was not the pivotal reason, I realized it was time for me to…
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The Road Ahead
When I became CEO of NorthBay Healthcare I had just turned 33, and everyone was older than me. Time ticked by, and with it an unsettling feeling has started to grow. You see, 35 years later, most everyone is younger. Although that was not the pivotal reason, I realized it was time for me to…
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The Road Ahead
When I became CEO of NorthBay Healthcare I had just turned 33, and everyone was older than me. Time ticked by, and with it an unsettling feeling has started to grow. You see, 35 years later, most everyone is younger. Although that was not the pivotal reason, I realized it was time for me to…
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The Road Ahead
When I became CEO of NorthBay Healthcare I had just turned 33, and everyone was older than me. Time ticked by, and with it an unsettling feeling has started to grow. You see, 35 years later, most everyone is younger. Although that was not the pivotal reason, I realized it was time for me to…
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The Road Ahead
When I became CEO of NorthBay Healthcare I had just turned 33, and everyone was older than me. Time ticked by, and with it an unsettling feeling has started to grow. You see, 35 years later, most everyone is younger. Although that was not the pivotal reason, I realized it was time for me to…
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The Road Ahead
When I became CEO of NorthBay Healthcare I had just turned 33, and everyone was older than me. Time ticked by, and with it an unsettling feeling has started to grow. You see, 35 years later, most everyone is younger. Although that was not the pivotal reason, I realized it was time for me to…
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The Road Ahead
When I became CEO of NorthBay Healthcare I had just turned 33, and everyone was older than me. Time ticked by, and with it an unsettling feeling has started to grow. You see, 35 years later, most everyone is younger. Although that was not the pivotal reason, I realized it was time for me to…
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The Road Ahead
When I became CEO of NorthBay Healthcare I had just turned 33, and everyone was older than me. Time ticked by, and with it an unsettling feeling has started to grow. You see, 35 years later, most everyone is younger. Although that was not the pivotal reason, I realized it was time for me to…
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The Road Ahead
When I became CEO of NorthBay Healthcare I had just turned 33, and everyone was older than me. Time ticked by, and with it an unsettling feeling has started to grow. You see, 35 years later, most everyone is younger. Although that was not the pivotal reason, I realized it was time for me to…
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End of an Era
Longtime CEO Reflects on 35 Years in Health Care NorthBay Healthcare President/CEO Gary Passama It was 1981 and a gallon of gas cost $1.25, Ronald Reagan was president and Intercommunity Hospital in Fairfield was happy just to offer basic medical care. It was a small, one-hospital system, opened in 1960, but unequipped medically to handle…
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End of an Era
Longtime CEO Reflects on 35 Years in Health Care NorthBay Healthcare President/CEO Gary Passama It was 1981 and a gallon of gas cost $1.25, Ronald Reagan was president and Intercommunity Hospital in Fairfield was happy just to offer basic medical care. It was a small, one-hospital system, opened in 1960, but unequipped medically to handle…
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End of an Era
Longtime CEO Reflects on 35 Years in Health Care NorthBay Healthcare President/CEO Gary Passama It was 1981 and a gallon of gas cost $1.25, Ronald Reagan was president and Intercommunity Hospital in Fairfield was happy just to offer basic medical care. It was a small, one-hospital system, opened in 1960, but unequipped medically to handle…
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End of an Era
Longtime CEO Reflects on 35 Years in Health Care NorthBay Healthcare President/CEO Gary Passama It was 1981 and a gallon of gas cost $1.25, Ronald Reagan was president and Intercommunity Hospital in Fairfield was happy just to offer basic medical care. It was a small, one-hospital system, opened in 1960, but unequipped medically to handle…
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End of an Era
Longtime CEO Reflects on 35 Years in Health Care NorthBay Healthcare President/CEO Gary Passama It was 1981 and a gallon of gas cost $1.25, Ronald Reagan was president and Intercommunity Hospital in Fairfield was happy just to offer basic medical care. It was a small, one-hospital system, opened in 1960, but unequipped medically to handle…
Read More
End of an Era
Longtime CEO Reflects on 35 Years in Health Care NorthBay Healthcare President/CEO Gary Passama It was 1981 and a gallon of gas cost $1.25, Ronald Reagan was president and Intercommunity Hospital in Fairfield was happy just to offer basic medical care. It was a small, one-hospital system, opened in 1960, but unequipped medically to handle…
Read More
End of an Era
Longtime CEO Reflects on 35 Years in Health Care NorthBay Healthcare President/CEO Gary Passama It was 1981 and a gallon of gas cost $1.25, Ronald Reagan was president and Intercommunity Hospital in Fairfield was happy just to offer basic medical care. It was a small, one-hospital system, opened in 1960, but unequipped medically to handle…
Read More
End of an Era
Longtime CEO Reflects on 35 Years in Health Care NorthBay Healthcare President/CEO Gary Passama It was 1981 and a gallon of gas cost $1.25, Ronald Reagan was president and Intercommunity Hospital in Fairfield was happy just to offer basic medical care. It was a small, one-hospital system, opened in 1960, but unequipped medically to handle…
Read More
End of an Era
Longtime CEO Reflects on 35 Years in Health Care NorthBay Healthcare President/CEO Gary Passama It was 1981 and a gallon of gas cost $1.25, Ronald Reagan was president and Intercommunity Hospital in Fairfield was happy just to offer basic medical care. It was a small, one-hospital system, opened in 1960, but unequipped medically to handle…
Read More
End of an Era
Longtime CEO Reflects on 35 Years in Health Care NorthBay Healthcare President/CEO Gary Passama It was 1981 and a gallon of gas cost $1.25, Ronald Reagan was president and Intercommunity Hospital in Fairfield was happy just to offer basic medical care. It was a small, one-hospital system, opened in 1960, but unequipped medically to handle…
Read More
End of an Era
Longtime CEO Reflects on 35 Years in Health Care NorthBay Healthcare President/CEO Gary Passama It was 1981 and a gallon of gas cost $1.25, Ronald Reagan was president and Intercommunity Hospital in Fairfield was happy just to offer basic medical care. It was a small, one-hospital system, opened in 1960, but unequipped medically to handle…
Read More
End of an Era
Longtime CEO Reflects on 35 Years in Health Care NorthBay Healthcare President/CEO Gary Passama It was 1981 and a gallon of gas cost $1.25, Ronald Reagan was president and Intercommunity Hospital in Fairfield was happy just to offer basic medical care. It was a small, one-hospital system, opened in 1960, but unequipped medically to handle…
Read More
End of an Era
Longtime CEO Reflects on 35 Years in Health Care NorthBay Healthcare President/CEO Gary Passama It was 1981 and a gallon of gas cost $1.25, Ronald Reagan was president and Intercommunity Hospital in Fairfield was happy just to offer basic medical care. It was a small, one-hospital system, opened in 1960, but unequipped medically to handle…
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Welcome a New CEO
Watch anything from the same vantage point for 35 years and you will recognize how some things change and some things stay the same. So it has been from my perch, working side by side with some very passionate and compassionate people who believe the community’s health is life’s purpose. The technology and infrastructure of…
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Welcome a New CEO
Watch anything from the same vantage point for 35 years and you will recognize how some things change and some things stay the same. So it has been from my perch, working side by side with some very passionate and compassionate people who believe the community’s health is life’s purpose. The technology and infrastructure of…
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Welcome a New CEO
Watch anything from the same vantage point for 35 years and you will recognize how some things change and some things stay the same. So it has been from my perch, working side by side with some very passionate and compassionate people who believe the community’s health is life’s purpose. The technology and infrastructure of…
Read More
Welcome a New CEO
Watch anything from the same vantage point for 35 years and you will recognize how some things change and some things stay the same. So it has been from my perch, working side by side with some very passionate and compassionate people who believe the community’s health is life’s purpose. The technology and infrastructure of…
Read More
Welcome a New CEO
Watch anything from the same vantage point for 35 years and you will recognize how some things change and some things stay the same. So it has been from my perch, working side by side with some very passionate and compassionate people who believe the community’s health is life’s purpose. The technology and infrastructure of…
Read More
Welcome a New CEO
Watch anything from the same vantage point for 35 years and you will recognize how some things change and some things stay the same. So it has been from my perch, working side by side with some very passionate and compassionate people who believe the community’s health is life’s purpose. The technology and infrastructure of…
Read More
Welcome a New CEO
Watch anything from the same vantage point for 35 years and you will recognize how some things change and some things stay the same. So it has been from my perch, working side by side with some very passionate and compassionate people who believe the community’s health is life’s purpose. The technology and infrastructure of…
Read More
Welcome a New CEO
Watch anything from the same vantage point for 35 years and you will recognize how some things change and some things stay the same. So it has been from my perch, working side by side with some very passionate and compassionate people who believe the community’s health is life’s purpose. The technology and infrastructure of…
Read More