by Monique Binkley Smith | Nov 2, 2020
Pandemic underscores value of nursing and midwifery excellence Sutter Health has announced its first-ever Nurse of the Year Award winners at a virtual Nursing Symposium attended by hundreds of nurses and midwives from across Northern California. In addition to...
by Liz Madison | Oct 27, 2020
The Hippocratic Oath has a special significance in the field of medicine. While its meaning has evolved over centuries with modernized text, its core truth remains: safety. Hospitals across Sutter Health’s integrated network recognize safer care is fundamental to...
by Ashley Boarman | Oct 22, 2020
Callie Cowart, a full-time board-certified music therapist at Sutter’s California Pacific Medical Center (CPMC) in San Francisco uses music to heal. Cowart recently offered her therapy sessions to an older patient undergoing care at CPMC’s Mission Bernal Campus Acute...
by Sutter Health | Oct 19, 2020
by Healthcare Dive The future of alternate payment models, importance of health equity and biggest question marks hanging over the fast-changing telehealth industry were among topics headlining the virtual HLTH conference last week. Along with a flurry of digital...
by Sutter Health | Oct 16, 2020
by Healthcare IT News There’s no doubt that telehealth has proven to be an integral tool to keeping healthcare accessible amid the COVID-19 pandemic. “Telehealth has continued to grow and has continued to really set the pace” for digital innovation,...
by Emma Dugas | Oct 16, 2020
By Emma Dugas, Vitals contributor Catherine Martin D.O., MPH has spent seven years and $400,000 training to be a doctor, but time and money don’t reflect the full price of becoming a physician. “I’ve made countless sacrifices, put my life on hold really, so I could...
by Liz Madison | Oct 16, 2020
Pilot marks first expansion of Landed’s down payment program and homebuyer education services into healthcare sector . SACRAMENTO, Calif. – Today, Landed and Sutter Health announced a pilot program to expand Landed’s homeownership assistance program to the healthcare...
by Sutter Health | Oct 6, 2020
Chung S, Martinez MC, Frosch DL, Jones VG, Chan AS. Journal of Medical Internet Research. 2020;22(6):e16451, View the study ABSTRACT: Background: Cancellations and rescheduling of doctor’s appointments are common. An automated rescheduling system has the...
by Sutter Health | Oct 2, 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic and Northern California wildfires have added additional layers of stress to our lives. At Sutter Health, we appreciate and honor the commitment of our staff who care for patients, communities and one another everyday, and especially during such a...
by Ashley Boarman | Oct 2, 2020
When Zarmina and Haris Anjum learned they would be having triplets this spring, one of the first things they did was buy an SUV. “We planned for one, then it was twins, and then two weeks later it was three. It was wonderful and not at all expected,” said Haris. “We...
