Sutter Medical Center of Santa Rosa – North San Francisco Bay Area, Sonoma, Marin, Napa counties

Sutter of Santa Rosa achieves top cardiac rank

February 22nd, 2010

SANTA ROSA – For the fifth consecutive year, the Sutter Medical Heart and Vascular Center in Santa Rosa has been ranked in the top 10 percent of hospitals in the nation for cardiac surgery, according to HealthGrades, a leading independent health care rating organization.
2010 Trends: Sutter aims for October ground breaking

January 4th, 2010

SANTA ROSA –Having begun the environmental impact report process last January and with a unanimous resolution by the Sonoma County Board of Supervisors in July — reaffirming Sutter Health’s 2008 business plan and its compliance with HCAA — Sutter is moving ahead with plans to break ground for the new Sutter Medical Center at Mark West Springs Road off Highway 101 between Sept. and Oct. 1, 2010. If all goes as planned, this new hospital will be completed in 2013.
St. Joseph purchases medical building across from Memorial Hospital

November 9th, 2009

SANTA ROSA – St. Joseph Health System Sonoma County has purchased a 25,000-square-foot former convalescent hospital across from Memorial Hospital that it previously leased for skilled nursing and palliative care.
Sutter hospital CAO has history of managing quality, change

October 26th, 2009

SANTA ROSA – Against the backdrop of a massive regional restructuring and plans for a new hospital, newly appointed Sutter Medical Center of Santa Rosa executive Michael Purvis admittedly faces a challenge.
Sutter Health’s Cohill: ‘We want to build this hospital’

August 9th, 2009

SANTA ROSA – Sutter Medical Center of Santa Rosa Chief Executive Mike Cohill is confident a proposed 70-bed hospital will be built on time and provide financial stability after more than $60 million in losses over the past six years.
“The county wants us to build this hospital. We want to build this hospital, and I can not contemplate a condition that would keep that from happening. … At the end of the day, what we are trying to do is meet our obligations with the county in the most cost-effective way we can,” Mr. Cohill said.
Health Care: House approves $700,000 for clinic, cancer study; goes to Senate

August 9th, 2009

The U.S. House of Representatives, with leadership from local Congresswoman Lynn Woolsey, D-Petaluma, approved about $700,000 for local health care organizations in Marin and Sonoma counties.
Sutter Hospital would include unique unit

December 22nd, 2008

SANTA ROSA – Sutter Health plans to implement several progressive, efficiency-minded concepts into the design for the future Santa Rosa medical center, including the use of “universal care units” and privately financed facilities.
Sutter to eliminate local boards, add regional leaders

December 8th, 2008

NORTHERN CALIFORNIA – Three Sutter Health governing boards in the North Bay will soon be consolidated into one regional governing body that will also include San Francisco and Lake facilities as part of a system-wide power consolidation, according to officials.