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title: "Making Telehealth More Accessible and Equitable | Sutter Health"
description: "Sutter Health CEO Sarah Krevans reflects on how expanded telehealth during COVID-19 helped reach underserved communities with more equitable care."
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# Beyond COVID-19: Making Telehealth More Accessible, Equitable

Sutter Health CEO Sarah Krevans reflects on how expanded telehealth during COVID-19 helped reach underserved communities with more equitable care.

August 31, 2020 by Sutter Health

**Guest Authored by Sarah Krevans, President & CEO of Sutter Health**  
COVID-19 has provided us with many important lessons, but among the most significant for Sutter Health is how valuable expanded telehealth has been in reaching traditionally underserved communities in new and meaningful ways.

Sutter serves one of the most demographically and geographically diverse regions in the nation. Through our not-for-profit mission, we work to ensure every patient gets the care they need, when and where they need it, regardless of their circumstances or ability to pay. We are committed to finding innovative ways to provide all of our patients with high-quality, accessible, and affordable healthcare.

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