Study Confirms Accuracy, Ease-of-Use of Personalized Healthcare Cost Estimator

Dec 13, 2019

Sutter Health

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 to our patients,” said study co-author Albert Chan, M.D., M.S., FAAFP, Sutter Health vice president and chief of digital patient experience. “Providing digital tools such as our online cost estimator is another example of our continued commitment to empower our patients with responsive, personalized care.”

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