Case Study: Sutter Health

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Sutter Health was founded in 1996 from the alliance of health systems located in Sacramento and the California Healthcare System in the Bay Area. However, the organization’s foundation evolved from the 1800s as self-governing hospitals, committed to provide healthcare services to their locality ("Sutter," 2017). In Northern California, Sutter Health acquired the Roseville Community Hospital in 1993, but as the community grew, the organization eventually built a bigger affiliate and opened its doors 1997 as Sutter Roseville Medical Center (SRMC) ("SRMC," 2017).
I chose to write about this organization, specifically the SRMC, because I have been an employee of this company since March of 2005, therefore, I have witnessed the hospital’s transition

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