Concerns Rise As Sutter Hospitals Provide Few Details Following Crash Of Information System
While Sutter Health executive officer Sarah Krevans says everyone was provided "high-quality, safe patient care," during the outage, patients, doctors and nurses describe a different picture.
San Francisco Chronicle:
Sutter Health Tight-Lipped About Cause Of Major Computer Crash
Sutter Health, whose computer network system crashed Monday night and remained down until Wednesday morning — forcing hospitals across Northern California to cancel surgeries and delay appointments — is sharing few details about the cause of the problem. (Ho, 5/18)
Sacramento Bee:
Sutter Health Patients, Nurses Concerned After Computer Failure
The companywide information system failure at Sutter Health last week is raising concerns among some nurses and at least one patient about how the health-care giant functioned amid the crisis. (Anderson, 5/20)
In other California health industry news —
Sacramento Bee:
Here's Who UCD Chancellor Chose To Lead UC Davis Health
David A. Lubarsky will assume the role of chief executive officer of UC Davis Health and vice chancellor of Human Health Services at the University of California, Davis, the office of UC Davis Chancellor Gary May announced Friday. Since 2012, Lubarsky has been the chief medical and systems integration officer with the University of Miami Health System. (Anderson, 5/18)