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"We continue to listen to our patients and adapt and improve our servicesso their experiences are the best they can be -- each and every time," saidSutter Health President and CEO Patrick Fry. "The fact that so many of ourphysician organizations scored so well on these IHA benchmarks shows that ourwork is making a difference."
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"Top Overall Performance Award" recipients
Seven of the 26 award-winning groups in Northern California are part ofthe Sutter Medical Network.
"Among the 230 physician groups participating in California'spay-for-performance program, these are the leaders in the use ofevidence-based health care processes and health information technology thatresult in better care for patients," said Don Rebhun, M.D., regional medicaldirector, HealthCare Partners and IHA board chair.
"Quality Improvement Award" recipients
Two of the four award-winning groups in Northern California are part ofthe Sutter Medical Network.
"Sutter Medical Network physicians are committed to transforming healthcare to achieve the highest levels of quality and service," said Jeff Burnich,M.D., Sutter Medical Network senior vice president and executive officer."IHA's report card confirms the success of our ongoing collaborative effortsacross our network."
The top overall performance awards were based on important health carequality measures, including preventive care and chronic care management,patient satisfaction, and use of information technology to assure patientsreceived evidence-based care. The same measures were used to determine thequality improvement awards which recognized physician groups that showedsignificant improvement from 2006 to 2007. The complete pay-for-performanceresults are available at http://www.IHA.org.
According to the Integrated Healthcare Association, California's P4Peffort is the largest physician incentive program in the United States,involving 35,000 physicians caring for more than 11 million individuals.
About Sutter Health
Serving patients and their families in more than 100 Northern Californiacities and towns, Sutter Health doctors, hospitals and other health careservice providers join resources and share expertise to advance health carequality and access. Sutter-affiliated hospitals are regional leaders incardiac care, women's and children's services, cancer care, orthopedics andadvanced patient safety technology. For more information about thenot-for-profit Sutter Health family, please visit http://www.SutterHealth.org.-- Mills-Peninsula Medical Group (Burlingame) -- Palo Alto Medical Foundation -- Camino Region (Mt. View) -- Palo Alto Medical Foundation -- Palo Alto Region (Palo Alto) -- Palo Alto Medical Foundation -- Santa Cruz Region (Santa Cruz) -- Sutter Medical Foundation -- Sutter Medical Group (Sacramento) -- Sutter Regional Medical Foundation -- Solano Regional Medical Group (Fairfield) -- Sutter West Medical Group (Davis)
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