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title: "Sutter Health CEO Talks Impact With Modern Healthcare | Sutter Health"
description: "Sutter Health CEO Warner Thomas tells Modern Healthcare why there's never been a better time to work in healthcare as Sutter transforms patient access."
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# ‘Never Been a Better Time to Work in Healthcare’

Sutter Health CEO Warner Thomas tells Modern Healthcare why there's never been a better time to work in healthcare as Sutter transforms patient access.

September 30, 2024 by Lara Azar

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_Sutter Health CEO Sits Down With Modern Healthcare to Talk Impact_

Find out in this [in-depth, wide-ranging interview with Dan Peres, president of Modern Healthcare](https://modernhealthcare.com/transformation/sutter-health-president-and-ceo-warner-thomas-healthcare-access-innovation-and), why Sutter Health President & CEO Warner Thomas believes there’s never been a better time to work in healthcare.

The short answer? Because there’s never been more opportunity to make an impact by developing solutions to the very real challenges facing the industry, including the need to make it easier for patients to access and navigate healthcare. As Thomas explains, Sutter Health is in the midst of a transformation that includes adding dozens of new care sites, expanding and advancing digital capabilities, and growing and developing its workforce by “being the best place to take care of patients in America.”

Sutter Health is made up of 57,000 employees, 12,000 physicians and 2,000 advanced practice clinicians caring for 3.5 million patients in one of the most diverse and innovative regions of the country. Visit Modern Healthcare for [the latest episode of Checking In with Dan Peres](https://modernhealthcare.com/transformation/sutter-health-president-and-ceo-warner-thomas-healthcare-access-innovation-and), to hear more from Thomas about what lies ahead in the organization’s work to open more doors to care.

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