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Sutter Health | Design and InnovationOur Work The Team Contact UsOur Work The Team Contact Us Sutter Health has an inner drive to transform healthcare. We’re helping to make healthcare more simple, engaging and human. Thank You We are grateful for support of Mike and Judy Gaulke whose generous philanthropy helps enable our work. Their vision and partnership with Sutter Health will help improve innovation and the delivery of healthcare for people in Northern California and across the United States.We believe in the power of design to inspire and delight. We listen, observe and are incredibly curious. We care about people deeply and this empathy fuels our work. We look across the healthcare journey for opportunities to improve care before, during and after your visit. We are nimble, forward-thinking, and create and try new concepts often – with a goal of integrating them into care as quickly and safely, as possible. Not finding what you’re looking for? Find specific services at Sutter Health. Listen & Observe Design Within Partner Externally Our Work We explore and launch products and services across our nationally recognized Sutter Health network. We partner with world-class thought leaders and companies, and we help create an internal culture of innovation. JointCare App We believe that the more information you have at the right time, the more supported you will feel. We also believe that information empowers and prepares you for what lies ahead so you know what to expect and can take action to do what is right for you. JointCare App We believe that the more information you have at the right time, the more supported you will feel. We also believe that information empowers and prepares you for what lies ahead so you know what to expect and can take action to do what is right for you. With guidance from Apple, our Design & Innovation team created our JointCare app, which is dedicated to helping patients prepare for and recover from total knee replacement surgery. The app serves as your personal guide before and after surgery. It offers tips from preparing your home to ensure a safer and easier recovery process, to an exercise regimen to build strength before and after surgery. You can also use to app to assess your progress and keep track of your appointments. Most importantly, all this information is in the palm of your hands, accessible wherever and whenever you want it. New Life We believe that having a baby is much more than a physical experience. It’s the beginning of a new life as a parent that will continue for a lifetime. New Life We believe that having a baby is much more than a physical experience. It’s the beginning of a new life as a parent that will continue for a lifetime. While technology has helped speed many advancements in healthcare, we view innovation as much more than the latest technology. We listen. We ask questions. We want to better understand the ups and downs you’ve experienced in becoming a parent and how we can innovate our processes to alleviate those frustrations. From waiting for an appointment to adjusting to your new life at home, we’re working to improve the maternity experience new parents. Primary Care We believe moments of unexpected delight can greatly improve your experience. Primary Care We believe moments of unexpected delight can greatly improve your experience. At one of our primary care clinics in downtown San Francisco we tested new approaches to integrated care. We put in installments, such as a redesigned gown prototype, updated the design of the staff break room and installed a Zen Lounge.” Open to all, the Zen Lounge provided a quiet space and guided meditation pamphlets to support overall mindfulness and wellness. Ridesharing We believe that transportation should not be a barrier to accessing (or delivering) high-quality care. Ridesharing We believe that transportation should not be a barrier to accessing (or delivering) high-quality care. What if staff members at a busy Sutter Health emergency room in San Francisco could help you get a ride home after you’re released from the ER, ensuring you arrive home safely and save money at the same time? Those were the questions spurring Sutter Health’s Innovation team to pilot a successful Lyft program for patients released after emergency room treatment at California Pacific Medical Center’s Pacific campus on Buchanan Street. Now we continue to ask, how else and where else can we partner with Lyft to improve the transportation experience for patients, staff, and caregivers? Prescriptions Deliveries We believe that a positive experience doesn’t end when you walk out of your doctor’s office. Prescriptions Deliveries We believe that a positive experience doesn’t end when you walk out of your doctor’s office. By partnering with NimbleRx, we can help get your medications delivered right to your front door, the same day your doctor prescribes them. No need to stop at the pharmacy after your doctor visit. It’s one way we’re looking for solutions to eliminate those little things in health care that frustrate you and your family. Poke Free Blood Draws We believe hospitals should be healing places. Poke Free Blood Draws We believe hospitals should be healing places. Drawing blood remains an important part of medical care but we know that needles can cause physical pain and mental anguish. We’re partnering with Velano Vascular to implement a new device that allows care teams to draw blood through a peripheral IV line. This creative approach limits the number of times a person is stuck by a needle and helps reduce accidental needle sticks among nurses and other care team members. Staff Delight We believe exceptional patient care starts with a joyful workplace and valued employees. Staff Delight We believe exceptional patient care starts with a joyful workplace and valued employees. This project engaged over 800 staff in a listening and discovery process. Based on the findings, we prototyped a series of unexpected and memorable experiences ranging from pop-up meditation rooms to rejuvenated lunch spaces and new digital engagement options across nearly a dozen Sutter locations, to help our 50-thousand strong family feel renewed, connected and appreciated. We will be offering learnings from this work to teams across the system to support expanded adoption. Honoring End of Life We believe we can reimagine the end-of-life experience for ourselves and our loved ones to become more human-centered. Honoring End of Life We believe we can reimagine the end-of-life experience for ourselves and our loved ones to become more human-centered. Through an organization called OpenIDEO, Sutter Health sponsored an online conversation to gather ideas and input from around the world about the universal yet deeply personal subject of dying. Contributors from 90 different countries offered more than 300 ideas in the initial phases of the conversation, with the goal of identifying and supporting compassionate solutions to improve the end-of-life experience for those who are dying – and their loved ones. The Team Experience designers, strategic project managers and human-centered design thinking, are at the core of our design and innovation team. The team partners with Sutter Health employees and physicians across the many communities serve. We also partner with cutting-edge Silicon Valley and other startups and technology companies. Together, we advance health innovation across the Sutter network and the country. Alex Brown Project Manager Emily Booth Experience Designer I once dreamt of owning a cricket flour bakery and I’ve recently been experimenting with DIY beauty products. Design makes me excited about the future of humanity. Caroline Schlegel Project Coordinator My dad is my hero and my mom is my role model. My brother has taught me curiosity and my sister has shown me the importance of empathy. I love people with good energy & have decided...