Acknowledgements
The authors are grateful to the leadership and support of Sutter Health for championing this research, specifically, Warren Browner, MD, MPH and Conrad Vial, MD. The authors would like to thank hospital leadership who supported this study: Dave Cheney, Kevin Smothers, MD, Brian Alexander, Peter Hull, MD, Janet Wagner, Stephen Gray and Glen Jett, RN. The authors also thank General Management leadership at participating hospitals (e.g. Human Resources, Food and Nutrition Services) who were integral to the successful operations of this study.