Press Releases: National
June 27, 2007
Kaiser Permanente VP of Online Services Appointed to Google Council
Anna-Lisa Silvestre to participate in health advisory group
OAKLAND, Calif. – Kaiser Permanente and Google today announced the selection of Anna-Lisa Silvestre, vice president of online services, to Google's newly formed Health Advisory Council.
The Google Health Advisory Council was created to help Google better understand the problems consumers and health providers face in the healthcare system today. Council members will offer Google feedback on ideas for new products and services that will empower consumers with their healthcare decisions. Silvestre will join other experts from provider organizations, consumer and disease-based groups, physician-based organizations, research institutions, and health care policy foundations, to share Kaiser Permanente's experience in engaging its members through kp.org.
"Our interests align closely with Google's efforts to improve health search for consumers, and to use information to improve access to health care and support consumers to understand what's going on with their health," states Silvestre. "We are interested in providing consultation on how to support consumers more broadly in these areas."
Kaiser Permanente, America's largest integrated health plan, is widely recognized as the leader in online health services. The expansion of online services for members is part of an organization-wide commitment to patient-centered care.
By providing all members a personal health record that is linked seamlessly with our electronic health record, Kaiser Permanente HealthConnect™ helps consumers proactively manage their own care in partnership with their doctors.
The secure member portal on kp.org gives members the option of e-mailing their doctors, receiving lab test results, ordering prescription refills and making appointments. More than 1.5 million Kaiser Permanente members are registered and active users of these features.
Silvestre has led Kaiser Permanente's efforts in this area for over ten years. She has a background in health education, interactive health technologies and Internet, and a master's degree in Public Health Education from University of California, Berkeley.
About Kaiser Permanente
Kaiser Permanente is committed to helping shape the future of health care. We are recognized as one of America’s leading health care providers and not-for-profit health plans. Founded in 1945, our mission is to provide high-quality, affordable health care services and to improve the health of our members and the communities we serve. We currently serve 8.6 million members in nine states and the District of Columbia. Care for members and patients is focused on their total health and guided by their personal physicians, specialists and team of caregivers. Our expert and caring medical teams are empowered and supported by industry-leading technology advances and tools for health promotion, disease prevention, state-of-the art care delivery and world-class chronic disease management. Kaiser Permanente is dedicated to care innovations, clinical research, health education and the support of community health. For more information, go to: www.kp.org/newscenter.
