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How to Integrate Findings from Simulation Exercises to Improve Obstetrics Care in the Institution
Seminars in Perintalogy, April 2011 Issue
Note: This article was written by the Kaiser Permanente simulation team, including Connie Lopez, Nancy Corbett and Paul Preston, MD. The article explores how Kaiser Permanente is leading the industry in use of in situ simulation to improve the care we deliver.

Reigning in Readmissions: Out of the Box Strategies That Get Results
Today’s Hospitalist, March 2011 Issue
Note: This article features a section regarding how Kaiser Permanente uses video ethnography to see the patient’s perspective and then create process improvements that reduce readmissions. Video ethnography is an emerging field in health care and Kaiser Permanente is leading the industry.

 

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Clinical Excellence — 2011

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12/6/12
The Leapfrog Group
18 Kaiser Permanente Hospitals Named Leapfrog’s ‘Top Hospitals’ of 2011
Eighteen Kaiser Permanente hospitals — 10 in Northern California and eight in Southern California — have been named 2011 Top Hospitals by the Leapfrog Group, an honor that rewards medical centers for their outstanding success in such areas as infection rates, safety practices, mortality rates for common procedures and measures of efficiency.
12/30/11 A Kaiser Permanente Member Thanks her Infant’s Care Team
12/15/11 Unprecedented International Effort Seeks to Improve Safety of Orthopedic Devices
12/15/11 Kaiser Permanente Featured in Discovery Channel Health IT Documentary
12/15/11 Kaiser Permanente of the Mid-Atlantic States Highest Scoring HMO Plan According to Maryland Health Care Commission 2011 Report
12/13/11 Kaiser Permanente Named Oregon’s Top-Rated Heart Center
12/13/11 Kaiser Permanente Announces Plans to Offer High-Quality Affordable Health Care and Coverage in Northern Colorado
12/6/11 18 Kaiser Permanente Hospitals Named Leapfrog’s ‘Top Hospitals’ of 2011
12/6/11 10 Kaiser Permanente Northern California Hospitals Honored by National Quality-Measurement Group
12/6/11 8 Kaiser Permanente Hospitals in Southern California Named Top Hospitals in Nation
12/1/11 Watch Now! Kaiser Permanente Caregivers Reflect on the 30th Anniversary of World AIDS Day
11/30/11 Kaiser Permanente Expands Access to Specialty Care
11/29/11 Watch Now! Kaiser Permanente Commits to Support Breastfeeding as Key Strategy to Prevent Childhood Obesity
11/18/11 Oregon Dentist of the Year to Lead Kaiser Permanente Dentists and Clinician Volunteers for 2011 Mission of Mercy
11/17/11 How Kaiser Permanente Became a Continuous Learning Organization
11/15/11 Leading Health Organizations and Patient Groups Call for 20 Percent Reduction in Fractures by 2020
11/3/11 Kaiser Permanente Hawaii Expands Access to Specialty Care
11/1/11 Kaiser Permanente Southern California Opens New Medical Center in Ontario
10/31/11 Kaiser Permanente’s Marilyn Chow Recognized for Nursing Excellence by Nurse.com
10/19/11 Kaiser Permanente’s Redesigned Treatment Detects Sepsis Risk Earlier and More Often
10/17/11 Kaiser Permanente Northern California’s Efforts to Enhance Patient Safety Honored by National Health Care Accreditation Group
10/16/11 Kaiser Permanente Northern California Vacaville Medical Center Receives Trauma Designation
10/13/11 Kaiser Permanente Georgia Medicare Plan Receives Top Marks for Quality and Service from Federal Agency
10/12/11 Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plans Receive Highest Star Ratings for Quality and Service from Medicare
10/10/11 Kaiser Permanente Leads the Nation in 11 Effectiveness of Care Measures
10/6/11 NCQA: Kaiser Permanente Georgia Remains Top-Ranked Health Plan in the State
10/5/11 Kaiser Permanente of the Mid-Atlantic States Rated One of America’s Top Health Plans
10/4/11 Kaiser Permanente Health Plans Receive High Marks in ‘NCQA’s Health Insurance Plan Rankings 2011–2012’
10/3/11 Watch Now! Kaiser Permanente’s Medicare Plan Website Recognized as a Benchmark for Excellence
9/27/11 Watch Now! Kaiser Permanente’s San Mateo Medical Office Provides Personalized 21st Century Health Care
9/26/11 10 Kaiser Permanente Hospitals Honored as ‘Top Performer’ in Quality and Safety by The Joint Commission
9/26/11 Kaiser Permanente Southern California Physicians Take Top Honor for 6th Straight Year
9/22/11 Kaiser Permanente Ranked Among Top Innovators on InformationWeek 500 List
9/22/11 Kaiser Permanente Ohio is One of the Top 100 Health Plans in America
9/20/11 Kaiser Permanente Health Plans Receive High Marks in ‘NCQA’s Health Insurance Plan Rankings 2011–2012’
9/20/11 Kaiser Permanente Northern California Rated No. 1 in Newly Released National Quality Rankings of Medicare Plans
9/20/11 Watch Now! Kaiser Permanente Southern California Medicare Health Plan Top Ranked By NCQA
9/20/11 Watch Now! Kaiser Permanente Colorado Is One of America’s Top Health Plans
9/19/11 Watch video now! Leading Cardiologists Meet to Address ‘Seismic Shift’ in Global Health
9/19/11 Watch video now! Kaiser Permanente Breaks Ground on Multiple Speciality Center
9/15/11 Kaiser Permanente First Multi-Site Health Care Organization in Hawaii Recognized for Patient-Centered Medical Home Model
9/13/11 HIMSS Honors Kaiser Permanente for Electronic Health Record Implementation
9/13/11 Kaiser Permanente Joins the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on the Million Hearts Initiative
9/13/11 Putting the ‘I’ in Health IT
9/6/11 Marilyn Chow Receives California Nursing Excellence Award
8/23/11 Kaiser Permanente Ohio Opening New Medical Offices in Lake, Stark and Portage Counties
8/18/11 Kaiser Permanente Hawaii Again Receives National Recognition for Medical Home Model
8/12/11 New Hospital Will be Home for Kaiser Permanente Northern California’s 21st Century Health Care
8/11/11 Avatar International Recognizes Kaiser Permanente for Innovative Approaches to Improving Patient Experiences
8/5/11 Kaiser Permanente Colorado Opens New Medical Offices in Brighton
7/26/11 Nearly 200 Kaiser Permanente Physicians on U.S. News & World Report ‘Top Doctors’ List
7/26/11 Kaiser Permanente Sunnyside Medical Center Named One of ‘Most Connected’ U.S. Hospitals
7/25/11 Kaiser Permanente Hawaii Receives National Recognition for Medical Home Model
7/22/11 39 Kaiser Permanente Physicians Honored as 5280 Magazine ‘Top Docs’
7/21/11 Mail-Order Pharmacy for New Statin Prescriptions Achieves Better Cholesterol Control in First 3–15 Months of Therapy
7/21/11 Kaiser Permanente, UCSF Scientists Complete NIH-Funded Genomics Project Involving 100,000 People; Research Leverages EHR Data
7/21/11 Los Angeles Medical Center Receives Get With The Guidelines® — Stroke Gold Quality Achievement Award
7/20/11 Kaiser Permanente Medical Centers Receive ‘Get With The Guidelines®’ Quality Achievement Awards
7/19/11 Kaiser Permanente Sunnyside Hospital Named ‘High Performer’ in U.S. News & World Report Survey
7/18/11 Kaiser Permanente Colorado Opens New Medical Offices in Castle Rock
7/12/11 CSU Stanislaus and Kaiser Permanente Address Rising Need for Central Valley Health Professionals
7/12/11 Kaiser Permanente of the Mid-Atlantic States Debuts ‘The Newborn Club’ to Promote and Support Breastfeeding
7/12/11 Kaiser Permanente Expands Access to Physician Care on Maui
7/6/11 Watch video now! Kaiser Permanente Launches ‘Care Stories’ Video Blog
7/1/11 Kaiser Permanente’s Moanalua Medical Center Receives ‘Get with the Guidelines®’ Gold Plus Quality Achievement Award
6/27/11 Kaiser Permanente Northwest Buys Land for New Gateway Medical Office
6/22/11 Kaiser Permanente to Open New Medical Office in Hillsboro
6/16/11 Listen now! Making Prevention a Priority
6/10/11 Watch video now! Kaiser Permanente CEO George Halvorson Featured on CEO TV Show
6/10/11 New Home for Cowlitz Free Medical Clinic at Kaiser Permanente Longview-Kelso
6/9/11 Health Care Innovation Summit Aims to Improve Care Through Collaboration and Innovation
6/7/11 ‘Washington DC Health Innovation Week’ Brings Together Clinicians, Technologists, Patients and Government to Spur Health Care Innovation
6/2/11 Kaiser Permanente Joins Federal Government’s Patient Safety Initiative
6/2/11 Kaiser Permanente Receives Award for Excellence in Medication Safety
6/2/11 Kaiser Permanente Colorado Receives Top Honor for Excellence in Medication Safety
6/2/11 Kaiser Permanente Hawaii Recognized for Excellence in Medication Safety
5/18/11 Kaiser Permanente Hawaii Receives National Recognition for Medical Home Model
5/11/11 Kaiser Permanente Study Challenges Concerns on Effectiveness of Administering Pneumococcal and Shingles Vaccines Together
5/10/11 Pasadena Marathon Gives Kaiser Permanente Physicians Chance to Rehearse Emergency Skills
5/6/11 Kaiser Permanente Honors Nurses During Annual Nurses Week
5/3/11 Kaiser Permanente Expands Access to Physician Care on Maui
5/2/11 Kaiser Permanente Hawaii Increases Access to Care at South Kona Clinic
4/29/11 75 Mid-Atlantic Permanente Medical Group Physicians Considered Among the Best in Region
4/25/11 Kaiser Permanente Northern California Vacaville Medical Center Submits Trauma Center Application
4/14/11 Saving Lives Through Better Sepsis Care
4/11/11 Kaiser Permanente Southern California Opens its Doors to Serve Members in South Los Angeles
4/8/11 Kaiser Permanente to Open Medical Office in Downtown Atlanta
4/6/11 Five Leading Health Systems Create New Care Connectivity Consortium
3/30/11 Thirteen Kaiser Permanente Hospitals Honored by U.S. News & World Report
3/30/11 Kaiser Permanente Northwest Announces New Dental Office in Oregon City
3/10/11 Kaiser Permanente Northern California Maintains Top 4-Star Rating on California’s Annual Clinical-Quality Report Card
3/9/11 New Research Unveils High Support for Programs to Reduce Infections in Hospitals
3/10/11 California Health Plan Quality Report Shows Kaiser Permanente Southern California Meeting National Standards of Care
3/7/11 Listen now! Doug Bonacum and Suzanne Graham Ask ‘Are You In?’ and Committed to Patient Safety?
2/18/11 Kaiser Permanente Recognized as a J.D. Power 2011 Customer Service Champion
2/16/11 Kaiser Permanente Georgia Celebrates the Grand Opening of its Newnan Medical Office
2/14/11 University of Colorado Cancer Center and Kaiser Permanente Colorado Join Forces in Cancer Research
1/31/11 Watch Now! Obese Women Less Likely to Complete Mammograms and More Likely to Report Pain with the Procedure
1/24/11 Kaiser Permanente Mid-Atlantic States Opens New Medical Center on Capitol Hill

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