Kaiser Permanente Awards — 2009
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| 12/18/09 | Kaiser Permanente’s ‘Spread Health’ Campaign Wins CLIO Healthcare Award Kaiser Permanente’s “Spread Health” campaign has won a silver award in the Integrated Campaign category in the first-ever CLIO Healthcare Awards competition. The award was presented to Campbell-Ewald, a Warren, Mich.-based advertising agency that created the multi-year Thrive campaign in partnership with Kaiser Permanente. Campbell-Ewald has worked with Kaiser Permanente since the rollout of the first Thrive ads in 2004. The new awards competition, an extension of the The CLIO Awards, one of the world’s most recognized awards competitions for advertising, design and interactive, honors creative excellence and innovation in advertising and communications in the healthcare industry. |
| 12/16/09 | Kaiser Permanente Named to Glassdoor.com’s ‘Best Places to Work’ List Survey based upon employee opinion lists the 50 best places to work. Conducted by online jobs site Glassdoor.com, the survey data were collected and compiled from U.S.-based company employee reviews throughout 2009. |
| 12/8/09 | Six Kaiser Permanente Hospitals Among “Leapfrog Top Hospitals” of 2009 The Leapfrog awards honor medical centers for outstanding successes in areas such as infection rates, safety practices, and measures of efficiency. The Kaiser Permanente facilities join organizations such as Stanford Hospital, Mayo Clinic, and Brigham and Women’s Hospital, in receiving this year’s Leapfrog Top Hospitals awards. |
| 12/7/09 | Kaiser Permanente CIO Philip Fasano Named One of Computerworld’s Top 100 IT Leaders for 2010 Computerworld announced today that Philip Fasano, CIO for Kaiser Permanente, has been named a 2010 Premier 100 IT Leaders honoree. Fasano is one of 100 individuals from a broad range of companies recognized for exceptional technology leadership, innovative solutions to business challenges and effectively managed IT strategies. |
| 11/24/09 | 2009 Best of the Best Diversity Survey Names Kaiser Permanente to List in Two Categories The Black EOE Journal released the results of its 2009 survey of the nation’s Top Diversity Corporations in over a dozen business categories. Kaiser Permanente garnered two “Best of the Best” awards in the ‘Diversity Employers for African American’ and ‘Top Hospitals and Healthcare Organizations’ categories. |
| 10/21/09 | The American Cancer Society and the Colorado Business Group on Health Recognize Kaiser Permanente with Cancer Prevention Excellence Award The American Cancer Society Great West Division, in collaboration with the Colorado Business Group on Health, has named Kaiser Permanente the recipient of the 2009 Cancer Prevention Excellence Award. The award was presented at the Colorado Culture of Health Conference Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2009. |
| 10/15/09 | Kaiser Permanente Pharmacy Quality/Patient Safety Leader Named to Key NCQF Committee Carey C. Cotterell, the pharmacy quality and patient safety leader for Kaiser Permanente's operations in California, has been appointed to the National Quality Forum’s Measure Prioritization Advisory Committee. The committee was created by the NQF to lay out a strategy for identifying priorities for health care performance improvement. At Kaiser Permanente, Cotterell has direct responsibilities in California for pharmacy quality management, medication safety initiatives and performance improvement, as well as providing national leadership on these matters throughout the organization. |
| 10/12/09 | Kaiser Permanente Recognized by National Committee for Quality Assurance for Innovative Efforts to Reduce Health Care Disparities Kaiser Permanente has been awarded the prestigious "Recognizing Innovation in Multicultural Health Care Award" by the National Committee for Quality Assurance for efforts to reach across cultural and language barriers to provide health plan members with care that meets their unique needs. |
| 10/8/09 |  Kaiser Permanente Hawaii Leads the Nation in Breast Cancer ScreeningKaiser Permanente Hawaii leads the nation in mammography screenings, according to the National Committee on Quality Assurance’s (NCQA) Quality Compass® report for 2009. The data provided by the private, non-profit organization dedicated to improving health care quality, found that among all reporting health plans across the nation, Kaiser Permanente in Hawaii has the highest breast cancer screening rate for women age 42 to 69. |
| 10/8/09 | Kaiser Permanente Leads the Nation in Eight Quality Measures Kaiser Permanente leads the nation among all reporting health plans with top marks in eight quality measures. These conclusions were based on information in the 2009 National Committee for Quality Assurance’s Quality Compass® data. |
| 10/8/09 | Kaiser Permanente Honored for Domestic Violence Prevention Program Kaiser Permanente and Brigid McCaw, MD, have received a “Heroes in Health Care” award for creating and implementing an innovative and comprehensive approach to domestic violence prevention. Dr. McCaw, medical director, Family Violence Prevention Program, Kaiser Permanente Northern California, will accept the award Oct. 10 from the Family Violence Prevention Fund at the organization’s National Conference on Health and Domestic Violence in New Orleans. |
| 10/1/09 | Margaret Lapiz Receives Annual Achievement Award from Filipinas Magazine Lapiz, vice president of strategy and integration for The Permanente Medical Group, received the magazine's award for corporate leadership. Each year the magazine honors "Filipinos who have achieved excellence and distinction in the fields of Arts & Culture, Sports & Entertainment, as well as Public Affairs and Corporate Leadership, thereby making a significant impact in their local community, as well as in the national and international scene." |
| 9/23/09 | Kaiser Permanente Recognized by J.D. Power and Associates as Highest in Customer Satisfaction Among Mail-Order Pharmacies Kaiser Permanente’s mail-in pharmacy benefits ranked highest in customer satisfaction in the J.D. Power and Associates 2009 National Pharmacy StudySM. The study evaluated mail-order pharmacies across five factors: ordering convenience, delivery convenience, medication availability and information, cost competitiveness and customer service. |
| 9/23/09 | Kaiser Permanente’s Collaborative Cardiac Care Service Wins 2009 Population Health Improvement Leadership Award DMAA, a population health improvement organization, recognized Kaiser Permanente’s coronary artery disease prevention program in Colorado with its top award for outstanding technology. |
| 9/22/09 | Human Rights Campaign Foundation Recognizes Kaiser Permanente with Perfect Score for Treatment of LGBT Employees For the fifth consecutive year, Kaiser Permanente received a perfect 100 percent score from the Human Rights Campaign Foundation for Kaiser Permanente’s treatment of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender employees. Kaiser Permanente is among 305 companies and organizations in the United States to receive a perfect score from the HRCF. Only 259 companies and organizations were so honored in 2008. |
| 8/24/09 | Kaiser Permanente Named 2009 Company of the Year by LATINA Style Magazine Kaiser Permanente has been ranked No. 1 by LATINA Style magazine on the publication’s list of the 50 Best Companies for Latinas to Work for in the United States. The LATINA Style survey, now in its 12th year, is an annual evaluation of corporate America’s appreciation for the value of diversity in the workplace, and identifies the corporations in the United States that are providing the best career opportunities for Latinas. |
| 7/29/09 | Kaiser Permanente Honored for Efforts to Combat Obesity with 2009 Pioneering Innovation Award at Weight of the Nation Conference Kaiser Permanente received a 2009 Pioneering Innovation award today from the U.S. Centers for Diseases Control and Prevention for its groundbreaking obesity prevention efforts. The award will be presented at the Weight of the Nation Conference in Washington, D.C., the CDC’s inaugural conference on obesity prevention and control. |
| 7/15/09 | Kaiser Permanente Wins National Award for Technology-Supported Patient Care and Efficiency Kaiser Permanente received the Association of Medical Directors of Information Systems Award in recognition of the organization’s excellence and outstanding achievement in applied medical informatics. The award is based on successful implementation of a technology system to improve patient care, support a more effective medical practice and to improve work flow and contain health costs. |
| 7/14/09 | Kaiser Permanente Hawaii Receives American Stroke Association’s ‘Get With the Guidelines’ Gold Performance Achievement Award Kaiser Permanente Hawaii’s Moanalua Medical Center recently received the American Stroke Association’s Get With The GuidelinesSM–Stroke Gold Performance Achievement Award. The award recognizes Kaiser Permanente’s commitment and success in implementing a higher standard of stroke care by ensuring that stroke patients receive treatment for at least 24 months, according to nationally accepted standards and recommendations. |
| 5/21/09 | Kaiser Permanente Receives Two of Colorado’s Top Honors for Community Service Kaiser Permanente Colorado was recently awarded two prestigious honors for its philanthropic initiatives and commitment to community service. In the first, Kaiser Permanente was recognized by the Denver Business Journal with their first-ever "Partner in Philanthropy” award. The second, presented by Colorado's First Lady Jeanne Ritter, honored Kaiser Permanente as the recipient of the Governor’s Commission on Community Service “Outstanding Business” award. |
| 5/19/09 | Kaiser Permanente Wins National Awards for Commitment to Environmental Health For the second straight year, Kaiser Permanente won the "System for Change" award for the organization’s leadership in improving environmental performance in the health care sector. Kaiser Permanente received the award from Practice Greenhealth at CleanMed 2009, a global conference for environmental leaders in health care. The award recognizes health systems that have worked to gather environmental data, set goals, and encourage eco-friendly practices. |
| 5/18/09 | Kaiser Permanente Nationally Recognized in 2009 Aster Awards Program for Excellence in Medical Marketing Kaiser Permanente of the Mid-Atlantic States received a Bronze Aster Award in the category of “Total Advertising Campaign” in the group “HMO, PPO, Managed Care, Insurance.” Kaiser Permanente won the Bronze award for the marketing campaign it implemented for its Fredericksburg Medical Center grand opening that occurred in January 2009. |
| 5/11/09 | Kaiser Permanente Named to DiversityInc's Top 10 Companies for Executive Women List The annual list which looks specifically at the progress women are making in the upper and middle ranks of corporate America. The list honors companies that DiversityInc find making strides according to several factors, including the ratio of women in the work force to women in management, ratio of women in management to management promotions going to women, racial/ethnic demographics of women in management, and mentoring programs among others. |
| 5/9/09 | Two Kaiser Permanente Physician Executives Named to Modern Healthcare's 50 Most Powerful Physician Executives in Healthcare List Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Inc., and Kaiser Foundation Hospitals Board Member Christine Cassel, MD, was 2nd on the list, and John H. Cochran, MD, FACS, executive director of The Permanente Federation, was 36th on the list. This awards program invites readers of Modern Healthcare and Modern Physician to nominate and vote for the most influential physician executives in health care. |
| 5/4/09 | Kaiser Permanente Named to DiversityInc’s Top 10 Companies for People With Disabilities List The annual list honors companies that DiversityInc finds to have active recruitment programs for people with disabilities, a strong employee-resource group for people with disabilities, and work/life benefits such as flex time, telecommuting, caregiver assistance, and leaves of absence. |
| 4/22/09 | Kaiser Permanente Ranked No. 4 in ‘Best Placed to Work in the Greater Bay Area’ by the San Francisco Business times, Silicon Valley/San Jose Business Journal Kaiser Permanente in Northern California was ranked fourth among large employers in these business publications’ annual "Best Places to Work in the Greater Bay Area" competition. Kaiser Permanente placed highest among other large employer health care groups in the Bay Area. |
| 4/21/09 | Kaiser Permanente CEO George Halvorson Receives National Award from the Workgroup for Electronic Data Interchange The Workgroup for Electronic Data Interchange is honoring Kaiser Permanente Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, George Halvorson, with the 2009 Louis Sullivan Award. WEDI's award recognizes individuals who have distinguished themselves through their leadership vision and achievements in advancing the overall quality and efficiency of health care. The winner is selected through a vote by the WEDI board of directors. |
| 4/21/09 | Hispanic College Fund Names Kaiser Permanente 2009 Corporation of the Year Kaiser Permanente will be named the National Hispanic College Fund's 2009 Corporation of the Year at its 16th annual gala Oct. 30 in Washington, D.C. The fund honored Kaiser Permanente for its commitment to increasing ethnic diversity within the health care industry — and in particular, for providing Latino students with opportunities to enter this growing field through their "College to Caring" scholarship and their extensive support of college preparation curriculum for Latino youth. |
| 4/16/09 | Kaiser Permanente Receives Top Marks in 2009 J.D. Power and Associates Study Kaiser Permanente announced that its members in four geographic regions rated the organization's health plans highest in customer satisfaction in the J.D. Power and Associates 2009 National Health Insurance Plan StudySM. The regions are Colorado, Virginia-Maryland, California and the Northwest. These plans serve almost 7.5 million of Kaiser Permanente's more than 8.6 million members. |
| 4/16/09 | Kaiser Permanente Recognized by U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for Commitment to Protecting Environment The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency recognized Kaiser Permanente today for its commitment to environmental protection at the agency's 11th annual awards ceremony in San Francisco. The EPA's Environmental Achievement Award program seeks to recognize individuals and organizations working in several western states to protect and preserve the environment. |
| 4/14/09 | Kaiser Permanente Hawaii President Named as a 'Mother of the Year' by Working Mother Magazine Janet Liang, president of Kaiser Permanente Hawaii, joined women such as Michelle Obama among 30 women chosen as Mothers of the Year by Working Mother, which created the feature as part of its 30th anniversary celebration. For more, read the press release. |
| 4/13/09 | Kaiser Permanente Named No. 1 in DiversityInc's Top 10 Companies for Latinos List demonstrated a long-term commitment to hiring, retaining, compensating and promoting Latinos. They do this through building strong community relationships, establishing pipelines to schools and professional organizations, developing culturally competent customer/client services, and maintaining deep relationships with Latino-owned suppliers. |
| 4/6/09 | Kaiser Permanente Honored as Leader in Health Information Technology The Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society awarded 12 of its first-ever "Stage 7 Awards," representing the highest level of recognition for hospital-based electronic medical records implementation. The awards are for 12 Kaiser Permanente hospitals — 11 in Northern California, one in Southern California — that are fully equipped with electronic records and interactive and online tools for patients. Also, in honor of Kaiser Permanente winning 12 Stage 7 Awards from the Healthcare Information Management Systems Society, this slideshow looks at Kaiser Permanente’s commitment to using technology to enhance care — from Sidney Garfield, MD, to present day. |
| 4/3/09 | Kaiser Permanente Educational Theatre Program Wins Distinguished Service to Health Education Award The award, from the American Association for Health Education, goes to an individual or organization outside the health education profession making an outstanding contribution and a national impact on health education. Kaiser Permanente began the Educational Theatre Program more than 20 years ago, recognizing the need for age-appropriate, culturally-competent prevention education in the communities we serve. The program has become a potent strategy for disseminating our experience and clinically-honed prevention messages to students, families, and their broader communities. |
| 4/2/09 | Eliza Corp., Kaiser Permanente's Mid-Atlantic Permanente Medical Group Receive URAC Award Kaiser Permanente's Mid-Atlantic Permanente Medical Group and Eliza Corporation received the Gold award in the Consumer Health Improvement category at the URAC 2009 Best Practices in Health Care Consumer Empowerment and Protection Awards gala. URAC is an accrediting body for Pharmacy Quality Management. The award recognizes the “Thrive Healthy Living” program, which was a collaboration between Eliza Corporation and Kaiser Permanente. |
| 4/1/09 | Kaiser Permanente Wins Three Awards from Northern California Minority Supplier Development Council Kaiser Permanente was honored with the three top supplier diversity awards at the Northern California Minority Supplier Development Council's 31st annual awards gala. Kaiser Permanente was honored with the Corporation of the Year, Executive of the Year, and Corporate Buyer of the Year awards. Supplier Diversity focuses on building healthier businesses within communities served by purchasing products and services from minority-, women- and veteran-owned businesses. |
| 3/17/09 | Kaiser Permanente Ranked No. 7 on DiversityInc's Top 50 Companies for Diversity Kaiser Permanente was the only health care organization ranked in the top 20 of the prestigious list. More than 400 companies vied for the honor this year, underscoring the increasing emphasis on diversity management among progressive companies. Find out why Kaiser Permanente was honored in this press release. |
| 3/5/09 | Kaiser Permanente Tops Diversity MBA Magazine's "Best Places for Diverse Managers to Work" List Diversity MBA's fourth annual "50 Out Front for Diversity Leadership" list has Kaiser Permanente ranked first. The list features companies that implement intentional strategies based on accountability, strong inclusion practices and ongoing evaluation of retention/recruitment activities that allow and encourage managers of diverse backgrounds to excel and develop into leadership roles. The list will be featured in the magazine's April 2009 issue. |
| 2/27/09 | Kaiser Permanente Honored at the Academy of American Orthopedic Surgeons' Annual Meeting An exhibit by the Southern California Permanente Medical Group was honored with an Award of Excellence at the Academy of American Orthopedic Surgeons' Annual Meeting. The exhibit, "Osteoporosis disease management: What every orthopaedic surgeon should know," was presented by Richard Dell, MD, with co-authors Denise Greene, RNP, Kathy Williams, MSG, and David V. Anderson, MD. |
| 2/17/09 | Orthopaedic Surgeon Elected Chair of Board for the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons Orthopaedic surgeon Thomas C. Barber, MD, was elected chair of the Board of Councilors of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons at the organization's 2009 annual meeting, held in Las Vegas. The Board of Councilors represents the grassroots of the orthopaedic profession and explores health policy, education, research, advocacy and communications functions within the AAOS. Dr. Barber is an orthopaedic surgeon specializing in total joint replacement at Kaiser Permanente in Oakland, Calif. He is also Associate Physician in Chief at Kaiser Permanente Oakland Medical Center. |
| 2/3/09 | Kaiser Permanente Ranks 13 in the ‘Top 100 Employers for the Class of 2010’ list by Black Collegian Magazine Included in the list are employers who recruit and employ a diverse workforce as a planning tool for potential 2010 college graduates. |
| 1/7/09 | Fifty Kaiser Permanente Physicians Honored for Excellence of Diabetes Care Fifty internists and family practitioners from Kaiser Permanente's Mid-Atlantic Permanente Medical Group have been recognized by the Diabetes Physicians Recognition Program for the excellence of care they provide their patients with diabetes. |
