Investing in Communities
Sutter Health network doctors, hospitals and other caregivers work together to care for patients. This coordinated approach helps ensure seamless access and treatment while reducing costs and improving quality.
Unlike investor-owned health care systems, Sutter Health is a not-for-profit organization. This means any money left over after we pay our bills is reinvested back into the communities and patients we serve. See where our money goes. . .
Construction Projects | Improving Care Centers
From 2000-2011 Sutter Health has invested more than $8 billion to build, replace and improve dozens of hospitals and physician care centers throughout Northern California.
Mills-Peninsula Health Services | Burlingame, CA
The new 241-bed Mills-Peninsula Medical Center opened in May 2011. The $640 million, 450,000 square-foot hospital include advanced earthquake safety technology, all private rooms and meditation spaces, healing gardens and walking trails for patients, visitors, employees and neighbors.
Read more about the new hospital construction in Burlingame
Eden Medical Center | Castro Valley, CA
This $320 million project includes the construction of a new, state-of-the-art hospital to meet the health care needs of the residents of Castro Valley, Hayward, San Leandro, San Lorenzo and the surrounding communities. The new Eden Medical Center opened December 1, 2012.
Eden Medical Center Castro Valley - time elapsed photos of the new hospital construction
Sutter Medical Center Sacramento | Sacramento, CA
After years of research, dozens of visits to the best health care facilities in the nation, and myriad meetings with our employees, physicians and members of our community, we are pleased to share the future of our campus and what will become one of the most innovative medical centers in the country.
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Sutter Medical Center Sacramento - time elapsed photos of the hospital expansion project
Sutter Medical Center of Santa Rosa | Santa Rosa, CA
Construction began in 2010 on Sutter Medical Center Santa Rosa's new $284 million hospital. Set to open in 2014, the state-of-the art hospital will provide a full range of medical services including intensive care, emergency services, obstetrics, nursery care and level III neonatal intensive care.
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Advanced Technology
Investing in state-of-the-art equipment better connects patients with doctors and helps improve health care quality.
As part of an ongoing commitment to advancing quality in health care and increasing patient safety, Sutter Health will invest nearly one billion to implement electronic health record (EHR) technology. In addition, Sutter Health will spend $1.2 billion in a broad range of patient safety initiatives over the next 10 years, including digital imaging and computerized physician order entry.
Focus on Quality
Every day the Sutter Health network works to improve the health of everyone who enters our doors. We believe it’s your right to know what we’re doing to continually improve the care we provide and how we measure up against national quality benchmarks.
Improving Outcomes
Sutter Health has adopted an evidence-based model of care to further improve patient outcomes. Because we treat so many patients throughout Northern California, experts within Sutter Health are able to study the effectiveness of our care, and share what works best with doctors across our network. Drawing from our own best practices and scientific proof of the most effective treatments, we're finding better ways of caring for patients.
Better, safer care - infection prevention, pressure ulcer prevention (bed sores) and other areas of clinical focus
Quality Reports and Awards
- Sutter Health Affiliated Medical Group Quality Reports
- Sutter Health Affiliated Hospital Quality Reports
Managing Costs and Meeting Commitments
Sutter Health has stepped up to do our part in making quality health care more affordable.
An open letter from Pat Fry, President and CEO of Sutter Health on quality, affordable health care
Coordinated Care
Sutter Health affiliated doctors, hospitals and other providers work together to care for patients and make health care more efficient.
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An independent study released in 2006 by John Wennberg, M.D., director of Dartmouth Medical School’s Center for the Evaluative Clinical Sciences, found that doctors and hospitals in Sutter Health's Sacramento Sierra region provided among the nation’s most efficient and consistent quality care. The study declared the region’s level of care a national benchmark along with the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota and Intermountain Healthcare in Utah.
Sutter Health Network a “Model” in Health Care Efficiency and Consistent Care in Groundbreaking Study
A major milestone in health care reform - letter from Pat Fry, President and CEO of Sutter Health
Our Mission in Action
Giving back to our communities
Community benefit and improving the health of our communities is at the core of Sutter Health’s mission, values and strategic planning principles. We invest back into our communities to improve facilities, add services and care for those without health insurance. Sutter Health provides an average of $3 million each week in charity care.
Read more about community benefit and specific programs in Northern California
Help for the Uninsured | Charity Care Policy