Sutter Sansum Clinic

Sansum Clinic has maintained that innovative approach and has continually evolved the level of care available in the community, working to stay out in front of the community’s needs – advancing care in addition to responding to the challenges of the day. The organization’s myriad healthcare advancements include the first renal dialysis machine and the first kidney transplant surgery in Santa Barbara. Sansum Clinic physicians performed the first carotid and laparoscopic surgeries and brought the first digital mammography services to Santa Barbara. The Clinic expanded care to residents with one of the first outpatient Urgent Care facilities, providing after-hours services that were open to the community.

Sansum Clinic is in the midst of one of the most ambitious projects in the organization’s history. The Clinic is transitioning from paper charts to an electronic health record system that will provide complete electronic documentation of the care patients receive. The system is called the Wave, and it will create a single and continuously updated electronic chart for each patient, which means records will be complete and accessible by healthcare providers from anywhere at any time. The Wave is designed by Epic, the premier provider in the nation, which was chosen because it has the highest rate of patient, user and institutional approval of all electronic health records available.

This new technology reflects the dedication that Sansum Clinic has to delivering the best care and the best service to our patients and our community. Sansum Clinic has gone through several transformations in our history and the transition to an electronic health record puts us in a class with the best clinics in the nation.

In addition to being a leading provider of healthcare in Santa Barbara County,Sansum Clinic is a community service organization that contributes to the well-being of the community in many different ways.  Through programs such as free health education classes, flu shot clinics, and a collaboration with the Santa Barbara Neighborhood Clinics for free diagnostic services for those in need, Sansum Clinic improves the quality of life of this community by delivering the educational and humanitarian components of a comprehensive healthcare program.

Sansum Clinic is the largest independent nonprofit healthcare organization between the Los Angeles Basin and the San Francisco Bay Area.  With more than 150 affiliated physicians, Sansum Clinic provides the full spectrum of healthcare services, from primary care to more than 30 specialties.   Sansum Clinic serves more than 150,000 patients (600,000 visits) annually at our 20 patient care facilities between Carpinteria and Santa Maria.

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www.sansumclinic.org