In the United States, nearly 1 of 3 American babies enter the world through a surgical birth. For some mothers, cesarean deliveries (C-sections) can be the safest or only way to deliver a healthy newborn. However, some women undergo surgery for no medical reason, exposing both mother and baby to potentially avoidable complications.
Sutter Health Plus network hospitals consistently achieve some of the lowest C-section rates in California. Recently, 13 network hospitals earned recognition by the California Maternal Quality Care Collaborative (CMQCC). The CMQCC acknowledges hospitals for going above and beyond to provide high-quality, safe care to California’s mothers, birthing people and newborns.
Sutter Health Plus network hospitals recognized in the 2024 CMQCC Quality and Engagement Awards, include:
Superstar Award: Large Birth Volume Hospitals
This award recognizes hospitals with 2,500+ annual births that exhibit high levels of engagement with the CMQCC Maternal Data Center (MDC).
- El Camino Hospital – Mountain View
- Sutter Medical Center, Sacramento
Superstar Award: Medium Birth Volume Hospitals
This award recognizes hospitals with 1,000-2,499 annual births that exhibited high levels of engagement in the CMQCC MDC.
- Stanford Health Care Tri-Valley
Superstar Award: Small Birth Volume Hospitals
This award recognizes hospitals with fewer than 1,000 annual births that exhibited high levels of engagement with the CMQCC MDC.
- El Camino Hospital – Los Gatos
- Watsonville Community Hospital
Quality & Sustainability Award: NTSV Cesarean Birth Rate
Awarded to hospitals that met and maintained California’s target rate for the NTSV (Nulliparous, Term, Singleton, Vertex) Cesarean Birth measure for three consecutive years.
- Dignity Health Dominican Hospital
- El Camino Hospital – Los Gatos
- Sutter’s Alta Bates Summit Medical Center
- Sutter’s California Pacific Medical Center – Van Ness Campus
- Sutter Davis Hospital
- Sutter Delta Medical Center
- Sutter’s Eden Medical Center
- Sutter Medical Center, Sacramento
- Sutter Santa Rosa Regional Hospital
- Watsonville Community Hospital
Quality & Sustainability Award: Quality Improvement Academy Collaborative Hospitals
Awarded to QI Academy-participating hospitals that met and maintained their target rate for their selected quality initiative.
- Sutter’s Mills-Peninsula Medical Center
To see a full list of this year’s award winners and detailed descriptions of each award, visit the CMQCC Awards page.
