Kaiser Permanente Awards — 2013
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| 5/23/13 | Kaiser Permanente Hawaii Receives 'Excellent' Accreditation Status From National Quality Organization Kaiser Permanente Hawaii today announced that it has again received an Excellent Accreditation status from the National Committee for Quality Assurance. This accreditation is based on patient satisfaction, service and clinical quality, measured against NCQA’s rigorous requirements and standards. |
| 5/22/13 |  National Business Group on Health Honors Kaiser Permanente with Best Employer for Healthy Lifestyles® AwardFor the third consecutive year, Kaiser Permanente has been recognized by the National Business Group on Health as a Best Employer for Healthy Lifestyles for its ongoing commitment and dedication to promoting a healthy workplace and encouraging employees and their families to pursue and maintain healthy lifestyles. |
| 5/10/13 | Kaiser Permanente’s Kathy Scheirman Named One of Computerworld’s Premier 100 IT Leaders Kathy Scheirman, Kaiser Permanente’s senior vice president and business information officer, corporate services, was named one of Computerworld magazine’s 2013 Premier 100 IT Leaders. |
| 5/9/13 | Kaiser Permanente Named No. 3 on the CareerBliss list of Top 10 Companies with the Happiest Young Professionals Kaiser Permanente has been named No. 3 on the 2013 CareerBliss list of the top companies with the happiest young professionals. |
| 5/9/13 | Kaiser Permanente Hospitals Rated Among Safest in the Nation Nearly all Kaiser Permanente hospitals have once again received an A grade for patient safety — and none lower than a B — in The Leapfrog Group’s latest Hospital Safety Score report, released this week. |
| 5/8/13 | Thirteen Kaiser Permanente Southern California Hospitals Named Among the Safest in the Nation Thirteen Kaiser Permanente hospitals in Southern California have received an “A” Hospital Safety ScoreSM from The Leapfrog Group, an independent national nonprofit organization of employers and other large purchasers of health benefits. |
| 5/8/13 | Kaiser Permanente Hospitals in Northern California Receive Top Safety Scores for the Second Year Eighteen Kaiser Permanente hospitals in Northern California received the top score of “A” by The Leapfrog Group in its annual safety report, which examined and graded more than 2,500 hospitals throughout the United States. |
| 5/7/13 | Christine Cassel Named to List of 50 Most Influential Physician Executives in Healthcare Christine K. Cassel, MD, MACP, who has served on the boards of Kaiser Foundation Hospitals and Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Inc. for the past 10 years, has been named one of 50 Most Influential Physician Executives in Healthcare by Modern Physician and Modern Healthcare magazines. |
| 4/30/13 | Kaiser Permanente Named Among Top 100 Companies for Latinos Kaiser Permanente has been named to LATINO Magazine’s “LATINO 100” list, a compilation in its spring 2013 issue of the top companies providing the most opportunities for Latinos. |
| 4/26/13 | Kaiser Permanente of Georgia Physician Receives 11Alive Community Service Award Earl Thurmond, MD, a physician at Kaiser Permanente of Georgia, was presented with an 11Alive Community Service Award this week for 11 years of volunteer work at Peachtree Pine Homeless Shelter in Atlanta, where he has cared for thousands of homeless men. |
| 4/25/13 | Kaiser Permanente Wins National Environmental Awards Kaiser Permanente has received a record 29 environmental excellence awards this year from Practice Greenhealth, the national membership organization for hospitals and health systems committed to environmentally responsible operations and care. |
| 4/25/13 | Kaiser Permanente Northern California Roseville Earns Top National Award for Environmental Stewardship in Health Care Kaiser Permanente’s Roseville Medical Center is one of only three facilities around the country named to the “Environmental Leadership Circle” this year by Practice Greenhealth, a national organization that promotes green practices, construction and resource conservation in health care. The leadership circle is the highest honor among the group’s 2013 Environmental Excellence Awards. |
| 4/25/13 | Kaiser Permanente Southern California Medical Centers Win 10 National Environmental Awards Ten Kaiser Permanente Medical Centers in Southern California are receiving environmental excellence awards from Practice Greenhealth in recognition of their efforts to reduce waste and prevent pollution. |
| 4/25/13 | Kaiser Permanente Northern California Once Again Among the Highest Rated in San Francisco Business Times’ Poll of ‘Best Places To Work’ The largest health-care provider in Northern California ranked sixth among businesses with more than 1,500 employees in the 2013 poll. In each annual poll since 2009, Kaiser Permanente has been ranked in the Top 10 among the area’s largest businesses. |
| 4/24/13 | Kaiser Permanente Recognized Among DiversityInc Top 50 Companies for Diversity® Kaiser Permanente has been ranked No. 3 on the 2013 DiversityInc Top 50 Companies for Diversity® list and was the only health care organization to make the top 10. The annual survey, in its 14th year, measures and ranks an organization's performance in diversity management. Kaiser Permanente has maintained its leadership in the top 10 since 2009. |
| 4/15/13 | Bernard J. Tyson Named Executive of the Year by Supplier Diversity Group Bernard J. Tyson, incoming chairman and CEO of Kaiser Permanente, was named Executive of the Year by the Northern California Minority Supplier Development Council at its 35th annual awards gala in San Francisco on April 12. The annual award is given to a corporate leader who exemplifies supplier diversity excellence and demonstrates support of company-wide minority business development programs. |
| 4/9/13 | Doug Bonacum of Kaiser Permanente Named to List of 50 Experts Leading the Field of Patient Safety Doug Bonacum, vice president of Quality, Safety and Resource Management at Kaiser Permanente, was named one of “50 Experts Leading the Field of Patient Safety” by Becker’s Hospital Review, a leading source of business and legal information on hospital and health system issues. The 50 experts include individuals at national organizations, universities and health care organizations who are advocates for patient safety and are actively working to improve it. |
| 4/9/13 | Kaiser Permanente Wins Bersin & Associates 2013 WhatWorks® Award Kaiser Permanente was named a winner in the 2013 WhatWorks® Awards for the design and development of its National Learning Leaders group, created to improve governance of learning across the organization. |
| 4/2/13 | Kaiser Permanente Receives Award for Excellence in Medication Safety For the third year in a row, Kaiser Permanente will receive the Pharmacy Quality Alliance’s annual Quality Award, an honor that recognizes health plans achieving excellence in medication safety and quality. |
| 3/28/13 | Kaiser Permanente Rated Highest Again on California’s Annual Clinical Quality Report Card For the fifth consecutive 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 annual Healthcare Quality Report Card from the California Office of the Patient Advocate. |
| 3/28/13 | Weight of the Nation Campaign Wins Top Honors in Health and Human Services Innovation Program Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius has selected The Weight of the Nation campaign as one of her top three picks in the agency’s innovation competition, HHSinnovates. Sebelius, Deputy Secretary Bill Corr and innovation guru Jennifer Kurkoski, manager of Google’s People and Innovation Lab, acknowledged the six finalists and winning honorees in a ceremony on March 19. |
| 3/27/13 | Kaiser Permanente Northern California Sets the Standard with Top 4-Star Rating on California’s Annual Clinical-Quality Report Card For the fifth 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 annual Healthcare Quality Report Card from the California Office of the Patient Advocate. |
| 3/27/13 | Kaiser Permanente Southern California Receives 4 Stars in Quality of Care and Member Satisfaction For the fifth consecutive year, Kaiser Permanente in California receives 4 stars — the highest possible — in over all quality of care and member satisfaction, according to the 2013 HMO Quality Report Card from the California Office of the Patient Advocate. |
| 3/26/13 | Kaiser Permanente Chairman and CEO George Halvorson on Glassdoor’s 50 Highest Rated CEOs List Employees of Kaiser Permanente have ranked Chairman and CEO George Halvorson among the 50 highest rated CEOs in the world for 2013, according to Glassdoor, a jobs and community rating website. |
| 3/21/13 | Kaiser Permanente Southern California Sets New Guinness World Record for Most Colorectal Cancer Screenings Kaiser Permanente Southern California set a new Guinness World Record today with 7,240 colorectal cancer screenings completed in one day at multiple sites. A dedicated team of more than 300 Kaiser Permanente primary care physicians, specialists, nurses and medical staff at multiple facilities throughout Southern California, administrated 342 colonoscopies, 44 sigmoidoscopies and collected 6,854 at-home fecal immunochemical tests (FIT) during the eight hour event to increase public awareness about the importance of getting regular colorectal cancer screenings. |
| 3/18/13 | Kaiser Permanente Ranks Highest in J.D. Power and Associates Member Satisfaction Study Kaiser Permanente announced today that its members in four geographic regions — which serve 8 million of Kaiser Permanente 9 million members — again ranked the organization’s health plans highest in satisfaction in the J.D. Power and Associates 2013 Member Health Plan StudySM. |
| 3/14/13 | Kaiser Permanente of the Mid-Atlantic States Ranks Highest in J.D. Power and Associates Member Satisfaction Study in Region Five Years in a Row Kaiser Permanente of the Mid-Atlantic States announced today that its members have rated the organization’s health plan highest in member satisfaction within its region in the J.D. Power and Associates 2013 U.S. Member Health Plan StudySM. This year’s designation marks five consecutive years that Kaiser Permanente of the Mid-Atlantic States has been the highest rated plan in the Mid-Atlantic Region (Maryland, Virginia and Washington, D.C). |
| 3/13/13 | Kaiser Permanente Leads California Health Plans in Member Satisfaction Kaiser Permanente members in California have rated the organization’s health plan highest in member satisfaction for a sixth consecutive year, according to a new study released by J.D. Power and Associates. |
| 3/13/13 | Kaiser Permanente Colorado Ranks Highest in J.D. Power and Associates Member Satisfaction Survey Kaiser Permanente members have rated the organization’s health plan highest in member satisfaction in Colorado for a sixth consecutive year, according to a new study released by J.D. Power and Associates. |
| 3/12/13 | Kaiser Permanente of Georgia Receives High Marks in 2013 J.D. Power and Associates Study For the fourth consecutive year, Kaiser Permanente of Georgia ranks highest in member satisfaction in the South Atlantic region, according to the J.D. Power and Associates 2013 U.S. Member Health Plan StudySM released today. The South Atlantic region comprises Georgia, North Carolina and South Carolina. |
| 3/11/13 | Kaiser Permanente Health Plans Named eValue8’s 2012 Top Performers Kaiser Permanente health plans in Oregon-Washington and Southern California are the top two overall performing health plans in the nation based on the plans’ strong performance in consumer engagement, chronic disease and behavioral health management, according to the 2012 eValue8™ survey released by the National Business Coalition on Health. The annual survey measures quality, performance and value of services provided by health plans. |
| 3/4/13 | Kaiser Permanente Chairman and CEO George Halvorson Receives 2013 HIStalk Health Care IT Lifetime Achievement Award HIStalk, a widely read health information technology blog, announced today that Kaiser Permanente chairman and CEO George Halvorson has received the 2013 HIStalk Health Care IT Lifetime Achievement Award, which recognizes a lifelong body of industry work. Kaiser Permanente is also the 2013 recipient of the Best Provider User of Health Care IT Award, an honor awarded to the organization in 2012 as well. |
| 3/1/13 | Marilyn Chow Receives American Organization of Nurse Executives' Lifetime Achievement Award Kaiser Permanente’s Marilyn Chow, RN, PhD, FAAN, vice president, National Patient Care Services, is this year’s recipient of the American Organization of Nurse Executives’ Lifetime Achievement Award. |
| 2/21/13 | Kaiser Permanente Named Best Health Care Insurance Company of 2013 by Insure.com Kaiser Permanente earned the highest scores from customers in the health care insurance category in Insure.com’s annual customer satisfaction study. Insure.com surveyed more than 5,600 insurance customers nationwide to rate their satisfaction with their auto, home, health and life insurance companies. Insurers were scored on customer service, claims satisfaction, value for price paid, percent who plan to renew and percent of who would recommend the company to others. Kaiser Permanente scored 83.6 out of 100. |
| 2/13/13 | Kaiser Permanente Wins Prestigious Eisenberg Award for Patient Safety and Quality Efforts Kaiser Permanente is one of two recipients of the prestigious annual 2012 John M. Eisenberg Patient Safety and Quality Awards. The award recognizes Kaiser Permanente’s implant registries, which help care teams to improve the quality of care provided to its 9 million members by using integrated data systems and advanced statistical analyses to monitor patient outcomes, evaluate new and established device technologies, and identify and facilitate implementation of clinical best practices. |
| 2/7/13 | Care Stories Blog, Every Body Walk! Win Communications Excellence Awards Kaiser Permanente has won five AVA Digital Awards for digital communications excellence. The AVA Digital Awards competition recognizes outstanding achievement by creative professionals involved in the concept, direction, design and production of media that is part of the evolution of digital communication. Entries are judged by the Association of Marketing and Communication Professionals, which consists of several thousand production, marketing, communication, advertising, public relations and freelance professionals. |
| 2/5/13 | California Council for Excellence Awards Kaiser Permanente Riverside the Eureka Gold On Feb. 4, the California Council for Excellence recognized the 2012 recipients of the California Awards for Performance Excellence at its annual conference in Irvine, Calif. Kaiser Permanente Riverside Medical Center Area was awarded the Eureka Gold Award. The Eureka Award is the top-tier award for CAPE, and only two organizations received Eureka Gold Awards this year. |
| 1/29/13 | Kaiser Permanente’s Marilyn Chow Honored for HIT Contributions to Patient Care Marilyn Chow, Kaiser Permanente’s vice president for National Patient Care Services has been chosen for a HIT Men and Women Award, presented by Healthcare IT News. The award honors top leaders in health care information technology. |
| 1/22/13 | Kaiser Permanente Physician Honored for End-of-Life Care Daniel Johnson, MD, the national physician lead for palliative care at Kaiser Permanente’s Care Management Institute, has been named a recipient of a 2013 Hastings Ceter Cunniff-Dixon Physician Award. The award annually honors leaders who distinguish themselves in caring for patients near the end of life. |
| 1/22/13 | Six Kaiser Permanente Hospitals Recognized as 'America's Best Hospitals for Patient Experience' The awards were presented by WomenCertified, which selected the hospitals after examining a long list of criteria that included female patient satisfaction surveys and clinical excellence considerations. Kaiser Permanente hospitals recognized include Anaheim (Orange County), Los Angeles, Santa Clara, Santa Rosa, Woodland Hills and Downey. |
| 1/2/13 | Kaiser Permanente Westside Medical Center Achieves LEED Gold Certification The Kaiser Permanente Westside Medical Center, built by Andersen Construction, was recently certified as LEED Gold. It is the largest hospital campus in Oregon to achieve LEED Gold status. |
| 1/1/13 | Kaiser Permanente's 'Oh, the Healthy Things You Can Do' Wins Theme Trophy Officials have announced the winning floats of the 124th Pasadena Tournament of Roses® Parade and Kaiser Permanente’s eighth Rose Parade® entry has been awarded the Theme Trophy for excellence in presenting parade theme. |
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