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title: "Sutter Stays Agile to Improve Care With Digital Tools | Sutter Health"
description: "Dr. Albert Chan of Sutter Health explains how a patient-centric approach to digital automation is reshaping the patient and care team experience today."
url: "https://vitals.sutterhealth.org/perspectives/sutter-health-staying-agile-to-improve-patient-experience-with-digital-automation"
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# Sutter Stays Agile to Improve Experience with Digital Automation

Dr. Albert Chan of Sutter Health explains how a patient-centric approach to digital automation is reshaping the patient and care team experience today.

March 4, 2022 by Sutter Health

![Sutter Stays Agile to Improve Experience with Digital Automation](https://edge.sitecorecloud.io/sutterhealt962c-sutterhealt8fce-production57cc-4860/media/Project/SutterHealth/Vitals/research-and-innovation/telehealth-2021-41e16582.jpg?h=1414&iar=0&w=2121 "Beyond Telehealth: The Future of Health Is Digital")

Healthcare experienced a digital revolution during the pandemic and the transformation is only accelerating as people become more digitally savvy. In [Digital Health Insights](https://www.dhinsights.org/news/sutter-health-staying-agile-to-improve-patient-experience-with-digital-automation), **Dr. Albert Chan, vice president and chief of digital** **health at Sutter Health**, shares how we take a patient-centric approach and use digital tools to improve the patient and care team experience.

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