At Sutter Maternity and Surgery Center of Santa Cruz, providing quality care is our top priority. We believe it's your right to know what we're doing to continually improve the care we provide and how we measure up against national quality benchmarks. We also believe that as an informed patient, you will be able to take a more active part in your care.

How do we compare?

The comparison measurements below –called "quality indicators" – have been chosen by Federal and state agencies and other organizations as measurements of high quality medical care for certain conditions representing some of the most common and costly conditions that hospitals treat. They measure whether important, recommended medical treatments are given to achieve the best results for patients.

• Heart Attack
• Heart Failure
• Pneumonia