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National Feature Stories — 2009

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12/23/09 Ohio Physician’s ‘Bach to Health’ Combines Cello with Charity
12/22/09 Kaiser Permanente Bolsters Access to Healthy, Nutritious Food in Hard Times
12/11/09 Chinese-American Women and Korean-American Women at Highest Risk for Developing Diabetes During Pregnancy
12/10/09 Alcohol Consumption May Increase Breast Cancer Recurrence Risk
12/8/09 Six Kaiser Permanente Hospitals Among “Leapfrog Top Hospitals” of 2009
12/8/09 Public Hospitals Nationwide Join Patient Safety Initiative
12/7/09 Kaiser Permanente CIO Philip Fasano Named One of Computerworld’s Top 100 IT Leaders for 2010
12/4/09 Chicken Pox Vaccine May Also Reduce Risk of Shingles Among Children
12/3/09 Breastfeeding A Child May Protect Women from Metabolic Syndrome, A Condition Linked to Diabetes and Heart Disease in Women
12/1/09 Health Care Pioneer Henry J. Kaiser Inducted Into the California Hall of Fame
11/24/09 Listen now! Doug Bonacum Takes a Look at Patient Safety a Decade After the Report “To Err Is Human: Building a Safer Health System”
11/20/09 Watch video now!  George Halvorson Talks Health Care Reform on ‘Big Think’
11/18/09 Kaiser Permanente Comments on U.S. Preventive Services Task Force’s Breast Cancer Screening Guidelines
11/16/09 Watch slideshow now!  60 Sustainable Seconds with Kathy Gerwig
11/12/09 Kaiser Permanente Health Plans Rank Number 1 on ‘America’s Best Health Insurance Plans’
11/11/09 Workplace BPA Exposure Increases Risk of Male Sexual Dysfunction, Kaiser Permanente Study Finds
11/3/09 Kaiser Permanente Examines Complexity and Potential of Diversity at 32nd Annual Conference
10/29/09 Kaiser Permanente Gives $5.2 Million to Endow Center for Health Equity at UCLA
10/28/09 CEO George Halvorson Discusses Quality, Efficiency at The New Republic’s Health Care Reform Event
10/27/09 Kaiser Permanente Approves $19 Million in Community Benefit Grants
10/21/09 Obese Women Who Gain More than 15 Pounds in Pregnancy Retain Nearly Half the Weight a Year Later
10/21/09 Kaiser Permanente Announces First Clinical Trial to Help Obese Women Maintain Weight During Pregnancy
10/20/09 New Study Details Complex Health Care Needs of Medicaid’s Highest-Need, Highest-Cost Populations
10/14/09 Kaiser Permanente Highlights Best Practices for Keeping Employees Healthy at National Business Group on Health’s Premier Conference
10/13/09 HHS Recognizes Two Kaiser Permanente Hospitals for Organ Donation Rates
10/12/09 National Institutes of Health Awards More Than $54 Million to Kaiser Permanente to Conduct Health Research
10/8/09 Watch Video!  Kaiser Permanente Hawaii Leads the Nation in Breast Cancer Screening
10/8/09 Kaiser Permanente Leads the Nation in Eight Quality Measures
10/8/09 Kaiser Permanente Honored for Domestic Violence Prevention Program
10/1/09 Bundling Two Generic Low-Cost Heart Drugs Prevents Heart Attack and Stroke in Large, Diverse Population, Observational Clinical Study Shows
10/1/09 Kaiser Permanente’s Domestic Violence Prevention Program Highlighted in Podcast
9/24/09 Kaiser Permanente Farmers Market Founder Preston Maring, MD, Wins Home Front Award
9/23/09 Women with Diabetes at Increased Risk for Irregular Heart Rhythm
9/23/09 Kaiser Permanente Recognized by J.D. Power and Associates as Highest in Customer Satisfaction Among Mail-Order Pharmacies
9/23/09 Kaiser Permanente’s Collaborative Cardiac Care Service Wins 2009 Population Health Improvement Leadership Award
9/22/09 Kaiser Permanente Pediatrician Shares Back-to-School Advice on ABC Channel 7’s ‘The View From the Bay’
9/15/09 Kaiser Permanente Introduces New Ad, Re-launches Two Previous Ads
9/11/09 Benefits of Kaiser Permanente HealthConnect®, My Health Manager, Featured in Video Series on YouTube
9/10/09 Kaiser Permanente Emergency Physicians to Present at International Emergency Medicine Conference
9/1/09 Kaiser Permanente Debuts New Ads Focused on Technology and Innovation
8/31/09 New Assessment Quantifies Risks and Benefits of Warfarin Treatment for Atrial Fibrillation
8/28/09 Sidney Garfield, MD, and His Legacy Regaled at The Commonwealth Club
8/26/09 Kaiser Permanente Physicians, Employees Brief U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer at New Oakland Facility
8/24/09 Kaiser Permanente Named 2009 Company of the Year by LATINA Style Magazine
8/21/09 Kaiser Permanente Historian to Highlight Dr. Sidney Garfield, Health Care Reform, at The Commonwealth Club
8/17/09 Kaiser Permanente Joins with Community Health Partners to Include Prevention Measures in Health Care Reform Discussion
8/12/09 Kaiser Permanente Comments on Workforce Adjustments in California
8/4/09 High Cholesterol in Midlife Raises Risk of Late-life Dementia, Kaiser Permanente Study Finds
8/2/09 Where’s the Tomato? Mapping Your Fresh, Locally Grown Produce With Kaiser Permanente
7/29/09 Kaiser Permanente Honored for Efforts to Combat Obesity with 2009 Pioneering Innovation Award at Weight of the Nation Conference
7/27/09 Kaiser Permanente to Provide Calorie, Nutrition Information on Cafeteria Menus
7/24/09 Kaiser Permanente Launches History Blog on World Wide Web
7/24/09 Teamwork, Technology, and Coordinated Care Improve Outcomes and Lower Costs
7/23/09 Kaiser Permanente’s 2008 Community Benefit Report Now Available Online
7/20/09 No Disparities by Race/Ethnicity in Risk of AIDS and Death Among HIV-Infected Patients in Kaiser Permanente’s Integrated Delivery System, Research Study Finds
7/14/09 Reminder Program Dramatically Increases Mammography Rates, Kaiser Permanente Study Finds
7/14/09 Kaiser Permanente Survey Shows Seniors Embrace Internet to Manage Their Health
7/9/09 Kaiser Permanente Project Proves Electronic Health Information and Care Coordination Improve Chronic Disease Management
6/30/09 Kaiser Permanente Participates in Health Data Exchange Demonstration
6/26/09 video icon  Kaiser Permanente Helps People Make Their Communities Healthier, One Image at a Time
6/23/09 Underweight and Extremely Obese Die Earlier than People of Normal Weight, Study Finds
6/19/09 Robert Pearl, MD, Interviewed on KQED’s ‘Health Dialogues’ Program About Health Care Reform
6/16/09 Five Kaiser Permanente Professionals Chosen to Serve on Key Health IT Work Groups
6/11/09 Health Industry Leaders Meet to Discuss Payment and Health Care Delivery Reform
6/11/09 Kaiser Permanente Unveils the Nation’s Most Wired Mobile Health Vehicle
6/11/09 Kaiser Permanente Calls for Health Policy Support and Community Advocacy to Curb Childhood Obesity
6/3/09 Kaiser Permanente’s 2008 Annual Report Now Available Online
5/29/09 Kaiser Permanente Psychiatrist, Author Releases E-Book: ‘Toward a Tobacco Free World’
5/20/09 Kaiser Permanente Kaiser Permanente Volunteers Return to Gulf Coast to Help Rebuild Communities
5/19/09 Kaiser Permanente Wins National Awards for Commitment to Environmental Health
5/19/09 Workplace E-Mail Intervention Program Helps People Sit Less and Eat Better, Kaiser Permanente Study Finds
5/12/09 Kaiser Permanente Leader Jay Crosson, MD, Named Vice Chair of the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission
5/11/09 Kaiser Permanente CEO Meets with President Obama at the White House
5/11/09 Kaiser Permanente Executive Appointed to Federal Health IT Committee
5/5/09 No Change Called for at Kaiser Permanente's Northern California Call Centers, Regulator's Report Concludes
5/5/09 Kaiser Permanente Grant to Expand UCLA International Medical Center Graduate Program
5/1/09 Updated: Kaiser Permanente Statement on Swine Flu (H1N1) Outbreak
4/27/09 Kaiser Permanente's New Thrive Ads Debut in April
4/23/09 Kaiser Permanente Honors Founding Physician Sidney Garfield, MD, with Release of Biography
4/22/09 Three Million People Now Using Kaiser Permanente’s Personal Health Record
4/22/09 Kaiser Permanente Offers 10 Earth Day Tips for a Healthier Home
4/20/09 Kaiser Permanente Physician Celebrated for Contributions to Locally Grown Food Movement
4/16/09 Kaiser Permanente Receives Top Marks in 2009 J.D. Power and Associates Study
4/16/09 Kaiser Permanente Recognized by U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for Commitment to Protecting Environment
4/15/09 CEO George Halvorson Delivers Keynote at World Health Care Congress
4/14/09 Kaiser Permanente Hawaii President Named as a 'Mother of the Year' by Working Mother Magazine
4/8/09 video icon  Preston Maring, MD, Interviewed on ABC News’s “Good Morning America Health”
4/6/09 View slideshow  Kaiser Permanente: 50 Years of Health IT Leadership
4/6/09 Kaiser Permanente Honored as Leader in Health Information Technology
4/1/09 Kaiser Permanente Recognized for Efforts to Spread Health by Curbing Climate Change
3/27/09 Kaiser Permanente Pilot Reduces Cardiac Deaths by 73 Percent
3/26/09 Kaiser Permanente Names Digitas Agency of Record for Direct Marketing
3/19/09 Kaiser Permanente Ads Call Attention to the Issue of Health Care Disparities
3/17/09 Kaiser Permanente Ranked No. 7 on DiversityInc's Top 50 Companies for Diversity
3/16/09 Kaiser Permanente Statement on IT Workforce Reductions
3/10/09 Kaiser Permanente Identifies Key Elements in Successful Health Care Information Technology Implementation
3/5/09 video icon  Kaiser Permanente Offered as Health Care Reform Model on the NBC Nightly News
2/23/09 Kaiser Permanente's Congressional Testimony about Electronic Health Records Dates to 1966
2/25/09 Robert Pearl, MD, Advocates for Electronic Health Records in Op-Ed Piece
2/19/09 Podcast Features News from the Sidney R. Garfield Health Care Innovation Center
2/11/09 Ted Eytan, MD, "Twitterviewed" by Diario Médico
2/6/09 Kaiser Permanente Comments on Northern California Employee Information Breach
1/28/09 Chairman and CEO George Halvorson Leads Health Care Discussions at World Economic Forum
1/22/09 Turning Trash into Treasure: Kaiser Permanente Project Managers Divert Debris from Dumpsters
1/20/09 Some 5,000 Kaiser Permanente Physicians and Employees Volunteered on Martin Luther King Jr. Day
1/14/09 Charles Kenney Talks About Quality, Kaiser Permanente, and His Book, 'The Best Practice'

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