--- title: "Institute for advancing healthy outcomes at Sutter Health" url: "https://www.sutterhealth.org/about-us/advancing-healthy-outcomes" --- 1. [Home](https://www.sutterhealth.org/) / 2. [About us](https://www.sutterhealth.org/about-us) / 3. Advancing healthy outcomes ![group-meeting](https://edge.sitecorecloud.io/sutterhealt962c-sutterhealt8fce-production57cc-4860/media/Project/SutterHealth/SutterHealth/Images/people/group/group-meeting.jpg?h=1414&iar=0&w=2120) # Institute for Advancing Healthy Outcomes As a national leader in healthcare quality, we’re committed to ensuring optimal health outcomes, consistency in access, and linguistically and contextually appropriate care for all patients. [Explore partnerships](mailto:healthequity@sutterhealth.org) ![group-meeting](https://edge.sitecorecloud.io/sutterhealt962c-sutterhealt8fce-production57cc-4860/media/Project/SutterHealth/SutterHealth/Images/people/group/group-meeting.jpg?h=1414&iar=0&w=2120) ## We serve as a connector, convener and catalyst The Institute is an innovative incubator within Sutter Health, positioned at the intersection of healthcare quality improvement, translational science and point-of-care.  ## Our framework and focus areas Sutter Health has been working for more than a decade to advance health outcomes through research and patient-focused care. Our dedicated team has examined our own data to identify ways we can provide better health outcomes for all patients across several key areas, with a focus on perinatal health, chronic disease prevention and management, and behavioral health. ### Language services ### Social drivers of health ### Quality enhancement  ![dr-isenberg-cropped](https://edge.sitecorecloud.io/sutterhealt962c-sutterhealt8fce-production57cc-4860/media/Project/SutterHealth/SutterHealth/Images/medical-doctors/dr-isenberg-cropped.jpg?h=1151&iar=0&w=1242) ## Leadership message > We have an opportunity to use our integrated system and vibrant patient population to inform and improve our work in all the communities we serve." — William Isenberg, M.D., Ph.D. Vice President and Chief Medical & Quality Officer, Sutter Health   ![Advancing Health Outcomes Team Photo](https://edge.sitecorecloud.io/sutterhealt962c-sutterhealt8fce-production57cc-4860/media/Project/SutterHealth/SutterHealth/Images/people/group/team-photo-advancing-healthy-outcomes2.png?h=2246&iar=0&w=3999) ## Our team  Sutter’s IAHO Leadership Team, embedded within Sutter’s Quality and Patient Safety division, integrates efforts within existing operations and aligns the work across our integrated system, in partnership with our health system leaders, care teams, patients and communities.   ![Advancing Health Outcomes Team Photo](https://edge.sitecorecloud.io/sutterhealt962c-sutterhealt8fce-production57cc-4860/media/Project/SutterHealth/SutterHealth/Images/people/group/team-photo-advancing-healthy-outcomes2.png?h=2246&iar=0&w=3999) ### Publications - Publications (e.g., [Homelessness](https://www.liebertpub.com/doi/10.1089/pop.2023.0190 "Homelessness"), [suicide screening](https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC11154811/ "Suicide Screening"), [pulseox](https://doi.org/10.1093/aje/kwac164 "PulseOx") ) - Social Drivers of Health - [Research paper](https://bmcprimcare.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12875-021-01598-3 "Research Paper") - [Virtual grand rounds presentation](https://sh-virtualgrandrounds.brightcovegallery.com/detail/videos/featured-videos/video/6377140296112/social-drivers-of-health:-integrating-context-into-care?autoStart=true "Virtual Grand Rounds presentation")   ### Podcasts and videos - [After the Fact](https://www.pewtrusts.org/en/research-and-analysis/articles/2021/06/04/race-and-research-the-gaps-in-health "After the Fact") podcast from Pew Charitable Trusts - [American Heart Association](https://www.audacy.com/podcast/sacramento-public-file-ee651/episodes/wear-red-day-f0f5e "American Heart Association")  Go Red for Women campaign - [Capitol Weekly Annual Healthcare Conference podcast](https://capitolweekly.net/womens-health-health-equity/ "Capitol Weekly Annual Healthcare Conference podcast"). - [Modern Healthcare Symposium](https://spaces.hightail.com/space/da61UAXBEs/files/fi-59758124-20ab-4692-947f-ac184bae31e6/fv-9edfa3b2-6388-407e-9c1f-e1c1161cf67f/TrackA-EmergingRoleofHealthEquityInstitutes_SDOH2023.mp4 "Modern Healthcare Symposium")   ## We would love to hear from you! Contact us to learn more about opportunities to partner and connect. 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