Huddle To Improve Care

We often think of a huddle as a way to plan for the next play on the football field or for a group in the wilderness looking to find warmth. At Sutter Delta Medical Center, we have a huddle every morning to review the care of our patients. At 9:30 each morning, our charge nurses from each nursing unit including the Emergency Department, meet with our case managers, social work staff and Hospitalist's (Internal Medicine Physicians who specialize in the care of hospitalized patients) to review the care needs of each patient for the day. The group is focused on ensuring that each patient will receive the best practice care according to published national guidelines.

Along side our care givers, Hospital leaders routinely attend the huddle to learn about opportunities to improve patient care and service and to assist care givers to break down barriers that are getting in the way of delivering best practice care.

It is my hope that SDMC will exceed the expectations of our patients and their family and visitors as we strive to deliver the best care to every patient every day.



Gary Rapaport

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