Doctors Protest Sutters Corporate Takeover; Marin Tells Sutter to Get Out; Alta Bates Summ

Doctors Protest Sutter's Corporate Takeover; Marin Tells Sutter
to Get Out; Alta Bates Summit Medical Center Fails JCAHO
Readiness Test

Bay Area Doctors Say Sutter's Corporate Medicine is Bad for
Patients

Doctors protest Sutter's plans; San Leandro care at risk, 70
physicians claim

Hayward Daily Review, February 23, 2006

"In a show of unity Wednesday afternoon, nearly 70 doctors in
white lab coats rallied outside San Leandro Hospital to protest
the replacement of independent medical practices with Sutter
Health-affiliated relationship, resulting in less personalized
health care and more volume-driven medicine."

Full article can be viewed at:
http://www.facts-online.org/ct/dp1MGt11wqWw/030606

Sutter's foundations unwelcome; Two medical groups in talks to
sign on with foundation

East Bay Business Times, February 24, 2006

"This week, the rift between the physicians and the hospital and
foundation- both Sutter Health affiliates- went public when
physicians staged a protest at the San Leandro Hospital campus
of Eden Medical Center.

Other argue that economic independence from Sutter ensures that
patient care comes first, and that the high volume of patients
seen at the foundation would harm care."

Full article can be viewed at:
http://www.facts-online.org/ct/d71MGt11wqW2/030606

Marin Tells Sutter: Get Out of Our Community!

End could be insight for Sutter feud in Marin

San Francisco Business Journal, February 27, 2006

"After years of bickering, feuding and fussing worthy of the
nastiest martial dispute, there are indications that
Sacramento-based Sutter and the publicly elected Marin
Healthcare District board may soon start negotiations to end
litigation over who should pay for a costly seismic retrofit or
replacement of the facility- and to end their relationship prior
to the expiration of Sutter's lease in 2015."

Full article can be viewed at:
http://www.facts-online.org/ct/c11MGt11wqWs/030606

Quality of Care and Sanitation Remains Poor at Alta Bates Summit
Medical Center in Oakland and Berkeley

Alta Bates is still wrestling with standards

San Francisco Business Times, February 10, 2006

"Alta Bates Summit Medical Center, with major hospitals in
Berkeley and Oakland, last year faced possible loss of its
accreditation. Now, an internal document indicates it's still
wrestling with quality, safety and training issues as it
prepares for a follow-up review by the Joint Commission on
Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations, a nonprofit that
accredits thousand of hospital nationally."

Full article can be viewed at:
http://www.facts-online.org/ct/cd1MGt11wqWx/030606

--------------------------------------------------

Thank you for taking the time to learn more about these
important issues. Please consider sending this information with
friends who might share your concerns.

Thank you!

http://www.facts-online.org/join-forward.html?domain=suttercorpwatch&r=vp1MGt119q6m

If you received this message from a friend, you can sign up for
Sutter Corporate Watch at:

http://www.facts-online.org/suttercorpwatch/join.html?r=vp1MGt119q6mE