Access & Innovation
San Francisco Celebrates Two New Sutter Hospitals
Sutter opened two new California Pacific Medical Center campuses in San Francisco in the space of seven months. CPMC’s Mission Bernal Campus hospital offers patients innovative technology, advanced seismic safety and all-private patient rooms. The $2.1 billion Van Ness Campus hospital features first-in-the-nation-use of a seismic technology known as viscous wall dampers, smart technology aimed at improving existing patient care, and all-private patient rooms.
We Innovate to Expand Access to Care
Sutter Health is always searching for new ways to make care more convenient, more efficient and more affordable.
Automated Reminders
We launched automated appointment reminders for Sutter patients throughout our network in 2018 to increase efficiency.
Digital Wait Lists, Fast Pass
Digital wait lists and Fast Pass enable us to automatically offer patients earlier appointments when they become available due to cancellations.
Video Visits, Chat Referrals
To connect patients to the right care at the right time, we expanded access to video visits, and launched our chat referral tool in 2018 to make it easier for patients across our integrated network to seek specialty care.
Caring for Body and Mind
We see mental health as part of overall health. As an integrated healthcare system and as a workplace, Sutter works to eliminate social prejudice, raise awareness, engage in suicide prevention and expand access to care.
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Telepsychiatry Deployment
Through a strategic partnership, Sutter provides 24-7 telepsychiatry capabilities to our emergency departments and medical/surgical units. Each day, more than 3,000 patients receive telepsychiatry consults in 15 of our hospitals.
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Primary Care Integration
With Sutter’s integrated model of mental health, Sutter primary care physicians were able to refer 11,000 patients for outpatient mental health through our strategic partner Quartet’s innovative software.
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Mental Health Partnerships
Sutter Health partnered with the Steinberg Institute and others to support mental health policy development, educational outreach and advocacy in California and beyond. Read more. Read more about mental health partnerships
New PACE Center Offers Services for Seniors
Sutter SeniorCare’s Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly opened a new 45,000-square-foot medical and day center complex in Sacramento that provides medical services and recreation activities on site, and skilled nursing and personal care at home. Read more. Read more about the new PACE center
‘New Front Doors’ Make
Everyday Care Easier
Offering patients more convenient care for everyday illnesses and other health needs, Sutter Health opened even more Walk-In Care clinics in the Central Valley, Sacramento and the Bay Area. In 2018, Sutter Walk-In Care also added a new mobile unit. Read more. Read more about our new walk-in care locations
Sutter’s HMO Adds Innovations
Now serving nearly 90,000 members, Sutter Health Plus, our HMO, is in its fifth year of delivering affordable access to high-quality, personalized care. In 2018, a close partnership with Sutter’s Design and Innovation team introduced “virtual-first” primary care through TeraPractice in the San Francisco Peninsula area, free same-day pharmacy delivery through Alto Rx in the Bay Area and innovative same-day care through video visits and walk-in care clinics, and much more. Learn more about our video visits, walk-in care clinics, and much more.
Joint Venture Offers PPO Plans
Last year Sutter Health | Aetna, our new joint venture that combines Sutter’s experience as an integrated healthcare delivery system with Aetna’s health plan capabilities, began offering new PPO plans to national and large employers with employees in Northern California. Today, it gives members access to a network that includes 1,700 primary care physicians, 9,400 specialists, 33 hospitals, 74 urgent care centers, and 26 walk-in clinics. Read more. Read more about the Sutter Health | Aetna joint venture.