Our community benefit programs are designed to help the people who need it most. This Web site highlights a few...

As a health care organization our hospitals are open 24 hours a day and serve anyone who walks through the door, but we know that’s not enough to promote active, healthy communities. As a partner in building a healthier community, we must also reach into the community to locate the areas of need and bring services and resources to address those needs.

The Sutter Health Sacramento Sierra Region (SHSSR) considers five principles described in "Advancing the State of the Art in Community Benefit: A user's guide to Excellence and Accountability," developed by the Public Health Institute when developing community benefit programs:

• Disproportionate unmet health-related needs
  - We strive to build and support programs that serve the people who need it most.
• Primary prevention
  - We develop programs that focus on keeping families healthy.
• A seamless continuum of care
  - We work to ensure our programs and services are linked.
• Capacity building
  - We seek to build the capacity of existing community assets.
• Collaborative approach
  - We can’t do it alone, so whenever possible, we partner with existing community and government agencies.