Kaiser Permanente, the nation's leading health care provider and not-for-profit health plan, will showcase its new collection of industry-leading mobile health applications at the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society 12th Annual Conference and Exhibition at the Venetian Sands Expo Center. In the last year, Kaiser Permanente has launched a suite of complementary mobile applications and capabilities available to more members than any other health system. Join us at booth No. 8507.
Kaiser Permanente, the nation's leading health care provider, with the largest private-sector electronic health record system in the world, received two awards today from the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society for its leadership in the use of health information technology.
Less than one year after announcing a new initiative to securely exchange electronic health data, the five innovative and leading health systems that make up the Care Connectivity Consortium will demonstrate their data exchange technology and process at the 2012 Annual Health Information Management Systems Society Conference in Las Vegas, Feb. 20-24.
For the fourth straight year, Kaiser Permanente is the only health plan in California to earn a 4-star rating - the highest possible - for overall quality of care in the Health Care Quality Report Card from the California Office of the Patient Advocate.
Electronic health records and embedded tools can alert and direct pediatricians so they can better manage the weight of children and teenagers, according to a new Kaiser Permanente study published online in The Journal of Pediatrics.
For American Heart Month in February, Kaiser Permanente presents three stories in which cardiovascular disease posed a frighteningly real threat to members. Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death in the United States. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention point to heart disease and stroke as the cause of one of every three deaths, equal to 2,200 deaths per day.
The use of an injectable, clot-preventing drug known as Low Molecular Weight Heparin to treat patients with advanced cancer complicated by blood clots increased steadily between 2000 and 2007, according to a new study published in 'The Oncologist,' funded by the National Cancer Institute and led by Kaiser Permanente Colorado. However, despite previous research indicating LMWH is the preferred first-line treatment for cancer patients experiencing blood clots, use of LMWH is low compared to another commonly used anticoagulant, warfarin.
Teenage girls gained less weight, improved their body image, ate less fast food and had more family meals after participating in a six-month program that involved weekly peer meetings, consultations with primary-care providers and separate meetings for parents. Those results are from a Kaiser Permanente study published online today in the journal 'Pediatrics.'
Kaiser Foundation Hospitals, Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Inc., and their subsidiaries (KFH/HP) reported today that combined total operating revenue for 2011 was $47.9 billion, compared to $44.2 billion in 2010. Operating income for 2011 was $1.6 billion, equal to 3.3 percent of operating revenue, compared to $1.2 billion, equal to 2.7 percent of operating revenue, in 2010. Net non-operating income was $426 million in 2011, compared to $789 million in 2010. As a result, net income for 2011 was $2.0 billion, consistent with that of the prior year.
Grants totaling $29.4 million were awarded by Kaiser Permanente in the fourth quarter to 725 organizations that are bringing meaningful and timely solutions to the communities they serve. This brings total grantmaking to $68 million for 2011. Kaiser Permanente awards grants to promote healthy communities, expand access to health care, and develop and disseminate knowledge.
For the past three years, the Kaiser Permanente Institute of Health Policy has supported a fellowship at the UC Berkeley School of Journalism to encourage better reporting on health policy. Through this fellowship, two graduate students in journalism have the opportunity to investigate issues in food and nutrition policy that influence community health.
Kaiser Permanente Executive Vice President, Health Plan Operations, Arthur Southam, MD, will be the keynote speaker at this year's IBI/NBCH Health and Productivity Forum. The event, hosted by the Integrated Benefits Institute and National Business Coalition on Health, will be held Feb. 13-15 at the Fairmont Hotel in San Francisco.
Chronic kidney disease is associated with a higher risk of kidney and urothelial cancer, but not other types of cancer, according to research being presented this week at the American Society of Clinical Oncology's Genitourinary Cancers Symposium in San Francisco. Urothelial cancers affect the bladder, ureters and renal pelvis.
Kaiser Permanente's Care Management Institute was included as one of five national case studies used for the evaluation of the National Priorities Partnership. The case studies were undertaken in order to provide real-time analysis into how these organizations applied and aligned with NPP's priorities to guide their work and improve health care.
Kaiser Permanente Colorado contributed to new research that reveals substantial differences - by both surgeon and institution - in the rates of follow-up surgeries for women who underwent a partial mastectomy for treatment of breast cancer.
Kaiser Permanente has launched the Sidney R. Garfield Health Care Innovation Center Virtual Tour, which for the first time gives people worldwide a behind-the-scenes peek at how Kaiser Permanente develops and tests health care innovations that benefit the organization's 8.9 million members.
At Kaiser Permanente our strategy is total health, which means everyone should have access to the highest quality care when they need it. But it also means that we deserve to live healthy lives in our homes, our workplaces, our neighborhoods and our communities. In 2011, Kaiser Permanente responded on a number of fronts to address the needs of our communities and the commitment to total health.
Kaiser Permanente announced today the Kaiser Permanente HIV Challenge to help health care providers nationwide improve health equity for people living with HIV by increasing access to HIV care and improving health outcomes.
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