HealthLeaders Media July 21, 2021
Sutter Health capitalized on functioning as an integrated network and effectively increased critical care capacity by more than 200%.
KEY TAKEAWAYS
– Functioning as an integrated network enabled Sutter Health to address supply chain challenges, easily transfer patients between hospitals, and share crucial clinical information between hospitals.
– To meet the potential need for more critical care beds, Sutter Health focused on supply chain and staffing.
– To address critical care staffing, the health system reassigned nurses, credentialled ICU-capable doctors at all of its hospitals, and boosted the number of electronic-ICU beds.
Sutter Health—an integrated network of hospitals and physician practices in Northern California—has successfully navigated several challenges during the coronavirus pandemic.
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