What the doctor didn’t say By: Craig Dresang, CEO, YoloCares Warning: This story is personal. A friend of mine who I have known for nearly 40 years recently died in a Sacramento hospital. We met while attending graduate school in Chicago during the late 1980s. Chuck grew up in San Mateo but ventured […]
There is always more we can do
There is always more we can do By: Craig Dresang, CEO, YoloCares At the end of every patient visit, YoloCares clinicians are trained to ask the patient/family a single question: “Is there anything more I can do for you? I have time.” It is simple, almost trite, but the answer to this question […]
A Season of Ofrendas
A Season of Ofrendas By: Craig Dresang, CEO, YoloCares In her 1995 book, “Dwellings: A Spiritual History of the Living World,” poet and author Linda Hogan writes: “Walking, I can almost hear the redwoods beating. And the oceans are above me here, rolling clouds, heavy and dark. It is winter and there is smoke […]
What it takes to be in the top 1%
What it takes to be in the top 1% By: Craig Dresang, CEO, YoloCares Davis and Sacramento are now home to one of the highest quality end-of-life care providers, and employers, in the nation. In August, The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), released their quarterly quality-of-patient-care scores, clearly showing that YoloCares […]
A Caring Coalition for California
A Caring Coalition for California By: Craig Dresang, CEO, YoloCares I n his closing remarks at a 2016 stakeholder meeting, hosted by the National Academy of Medicine, Dr. Victor Dzau (academy president) said, “We need a coalition, a movement, a critical mass. We need to work together so that the whole is greater than […]
A Planned Farewell
A Planned Farewell By: Craig Dresang, CEO, YoloCares Sam was a thoughtful, highly practical, and independent soul. Family members described him as tough but tender. His five decades as a top dog in the legal profession had earned him the title of “Super Lawyer” and midway through his career he was recognized as one […]
