by Sutter Health | Dec 23, 2019
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by Sutter Health | Dec 13, 2019
Stults CD, Li J, Frosch DL, Krishnan, H, Smith-McCurdy G, Jones VG, Chan AS. JAMA Network Open. 2019;2(12):e1917445. View the study ABSTRACT: Importance: Given increased enrollment in high-deductible health insurance plans and mandates from the Patient Protection...
by Sutter Health | Dec 13, 2019
by Sutter Health The results of a 10-month study—published online today in JAMA Network Open—indicate that Sutter Health’s new ambulatory cost estimator tool is easy to use and provides very accurate estimates. “Healthcare cost transparency is understandably important...
by Sutter Health | Dec 13, 2019
by Santa Cruz Sentinel A cost estimation tool can provide accurate real-time estimates of ambulatory procedures when integrated into the online patient portal, according to new study findings. A team of California-based investigators from Sutter Health and the...
by Emma Dugas | Nov 1, 2019
By Emma Dugas, Vitals contributor A spine injury at age 19 left Santa Rosa resident Ken Kilgore with paralysis in both his arms and legs. Bedbound and dependent on a special electric mattress that circulates air to prevent bedsores, Kilgore was nervous about the...
by Emma Dugas | Oct 28, 2019
By Emma Dugas, Vitals contributor It was a 9-1-1 response three years in the making. On July 2, 2019, Tomás Goco had a stroke just moments after he deplaned at San Francisco International Airport (SFO). Tomás’ wife and travel companion, Marisol, recognized the...
by Monique Binkley Smith | Sep 20, 2019
3-story expansion, plus a 10,000-square-foot renovation, will add 40 private room hospital beds, treatment areas in the emergency department and additional surgical suites SANTA ROSA, Calif. – Sutter Santa Rosa Regional Hospital today broke ground on a major expansion...
by Sutter Health | Sep 11, 2019
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by Sutter Health | Jun 5, 2019
by Sutter Health SAN FRANCISCO (Calif.) – Type 2 diabetes is not curable, but it is controllable—but as any patient or doctor will tell you, managing diabetes comes with its own set of challenges. Given the disease’s complexity, patients and doctors need to maximize...
by Monique Binkley Smith | Apr 20, 2019
In the U.S., one out of seven people living with HIV don’t know it, and the majority of people living with hepatitis C might be undiagnosed. In Alameda County, HIV[1] and hepatitis C[2] infection rates have not declined significantly over the last 10 years, and a...
