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National Press Releases — 2011

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12/27/11 Kaiser Permanente’s ‘Every Body Walk!’ Rose Parade Caterpillar Leads the Way to a Healthier New Year
12/21/11 Unprecedented International Effort Seeks to Improve Safety of Orthopedic Devices
12/20/11 Study Finds that Kaiser Permanente Early Start Program Could Save United States Billions in Health Costs
12/12/11 Watch video now! Kaiser Permanente Study Finds no Elevated Risk of Serious Cardiovascular Events Associated with use of ADHD Medications in Young and Middle-aged Adults
12/12/11 Medicare Special Enrollment Period Means Good News for Seniors
12/7/11 Kaiser Permanente Wins Four eHealthcare Leadership Awards
12/5/11 Depression Increases Risk of Dementia in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes
11/29/11 Watch video now! Kaiser Permanente Commits to Support Breastfeeding as Key Strategy to Prevent Childhood Obesity
11/29/11 Improve Your Health During the Holidays
11/22/11 Earlier Antiretroviral Therapy Might Reduce the Burden of Cancer in Those with HIV
11/17/11 How Kaiser Permanente Became a Continuous Learning Organization
11/15/11 Erectile Dysfunction Increases with Use of Multiple Medications According to Kaiser Permanente Study
11/15/11 Leading Health Organizations and Patient Groups Call for 20 Percent Reduction in Fractures by 2020
11/4/11 Kaiser Foundation Hospitals and Health Plan Report Third Quarter 2011 Financial Results
11/3/11 Community Organizations Received $17.3 Million in Grants from Kaiser Permanente
10/31/11 Kaiser Permanente’s Marilyn Chow Recognized for Nursing Excellence by Nurse.com
10/25/11 Kaiser Permanente Recognizes Organizations for Work on HIV/AIDS at 34th Annual National Diversity Conference
10/24/11 Kaiser Permanente Named No. 1 Green-IT Organization by Computerworld
10/24/11 Kaiser Permanente Announces New Fellowship Opportunity at the Institute for Healthcare Improvement for an Emerging Safety Net Leader
10/21/11 Birth Defects Likely Linked to Hypertension, Not Early Use of ACE Inhibitors in First Trimester of Pregnancy, According to New Research
Updated 10/20/11 Listen now! Music from “Find Your Thing” Thrive Ad Now Available
10/20/11 African American Women with Gestational Diabetes Face High Long-term Diabetes Risk
10/19/11 Kaiser Permanente’s Redesigned Treatment Detects Sepsis Risk Earlier and More Often
10/18/11 Watch video now! Kaiser Permanente’s Educational Theatre Program Celebrates 25 Years
10/12/11 Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plans Receive Highest Star Ratings for Quality and Service from Medicare
10/11/11 ‘Putting the ‘IT’ in Care Transitions’
10/10/11 Kaiser Permanente Study Reveals Low Awareness of Medicare Rankings
10/10/11 Kaiser Permanente Leads the Nation in 11 Effectiveness of Care Measures
10/7/11 Raising ‘Good’ Cholesterol Levels Reduces Heart Attack and Stroke Risk in Diabetes Patients
10/4/11 Kaiser Permanente Recognized by J.D. Power and Associates as Highest in Customer Satisfaction among Mail-Order Pharmacies for Third Consecutive Year
10/4/11 Kaiser Permanente Launches New ‘Maintain Don’t Gain’ Program
10/3/11 Watch video now! Kaiser Permanente’s Medicare Plan Website Recognized as a Benchmark for Excellence
9/29/11 Kaiser Foundation Hospitals and Health Plan Appoints Meg Porfido to its Board of Directors
9/26/11 Watch video now! Elderly Women Who Break a Hip at Increased Risk of Dying Within a Year
9/22/11 Kaiser Permanente Ranked Among Top Innovators on InformationWeek 500 List
9/20/11 Kaiser Permanente Health Plans Receive High Marks in ‘NCQA’s Health Insurance Plan Rankings 2011–2012’
9/19/11 Celebrate ‘Every Body Walk! Week’ — Sept. 19–23, 2011
9/14/11 Kaiser Permanente’s New Thrive Ads Encourage Members to
“Find Their Thing”
9/14/11 Kaiser Permanente Invites Conversations about Health with New Blog
9/14/11 Mark Your Calendar – Open Enrollment for Medicare Prescription Drug and Health Plans Starts Earlier
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 HIMSS Honors Kaiser Permanente for Electronic Health Record Implementation
9/6/11 Integrated Health Care Delivery System and Electronic Health Records Support Medication Adherence
9/6/11 In Utero Exposure to BPA May Adversely Affect Male Genital Development
8/29/11 LATINA Style Names Kaiser Permanente a Top 10 Organization for Latinas
8/5/11 Community Organizations Received $12 Million in Grants from Kaiser Permanente
8/5/11 Kaiser Foundation Hospitals and Health Plan Report Second Quarter 2011 Financial Results
8/1/11 Study Finds Exposure to Magnetic Fields in Pregnancy Increases Asthma Risk
7/26/11 Kaiser Permanente Launches Mobile App to Make Finding Care Facilities Easy and Convenient
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
7/20/11 Kaiser Permanente Medical Centers Receive ‘Get With The Guidelines®’ Quality Achievement Awards
7/20/11 Watch Now! Kaiser Permanente Becomes Founding Member of California Freshworks Fund
7/17/11 Kaiser Permanente’s Benjamin K. Chu, MD, Named Chair-Elect of American Hospital Association
7/14/11 Kaiser Permanente Ranks Highest in 2011 J.D. Power and Associates Employer Satisfaction Study
7/4/11 Exposure to Antidepressants in Early Pregnancy May Increase the Risk of Autism Spectrum Disorders
6/30/11 Kaiser Permanente Highlighted in Healthcare Equality Index 2011
6/30/11 Kaiser Permanente Highlighted in Healthcare Equality Index 2011
6/20/11 IDG’s Computerworld Names Kaiser Permanente to 2011 List of Best Places to Work in Information Technology
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
5/27/11 Routinely Assessed Measures of Blood Sugar and Body Weight may be Good Indicators of Risk for Developing Diabetes During Pregnancy
5/25/11 Kerry Kohnen Promoted to President of Kaiser Permanente of Georgia
5/24/11 Watch Now! Kaiser Permanente Receives Gold ‘Best Employer for Healthy Lifestyles’ Award from National Business Group on Health
5/23/11 Watch now! Weight Gain Between First and Second Pregnancies Increases Woman’s Gestational Diabetes Risk
5/18/11 Extremely Obese Children Have Higher Prevalence of Psoriasis, Higher Heart Disease Risk
5/13/11 Kaiser Permanente Names Finalists in Hospital Design Competition
5/13/11 Parental Exposure to BPA During Pregnancy Associated with Decreased Birth Weight in Offspring
5/11/11 Kaiser Permanente Study Challenges Concerns on Effectiveness of Administering Pneumococcal and Shingles Vaccines Together
5/6/11 Kaiser Foundation Hospitals and Health Plan Report 2011 First Quarter Financial Results
5/5/11 Watch now! Kaiser Permanente Awards Approximately $7.7 Million in Community Benefit Grants
5/4/11 Watch now! Health Information Technology Can Create Significant Environmental Benefits
4/11/11 Immunization Not Associated with Increases in ER Visits or Hospitalizations for Children with Inborn Errors of Metabolism
4/8/11 Kaiser Permanente Receives Top Honor from Diversity MBA Magazine for Third Consecutive Year
4/6/11 Five Leading Health Systems Create New Care Connectivity Consortium
4/5/11 Watch now! Kaiser Permanente Opens Center for Total Health in Washington, D.C.
4/5/11 Watch now! Large Weight Gain Raises Risk for Recurrence Among Breast Cancer Survivors
3/29/11 Moderate Sleep and Less Stress May Help with Weight Loss
3/23/11 Kaiser Permanente Receives High Marks in 2011 J.D. Power and Associates Study
3/15/11 Six Kaiser Permanente Research Centers Join National Mental Health Research Network
3/9/11 New Research Unveils High Support for Programs to Reduce Infections in Hospitals
3/3/11 Listen now! Kaiser Permanente Ranked No. 1 on the 2011 DiversityInc Top 50 Companies for Diversity® List
3/2/11 Non-Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs Linked to Increased Risk of Erectile Dysfunction
2/28/11 Kaiser Permanente Opens Hospital Design Process to the Public
2/22/11 Kaiser Permanente Honored for Electronic Health Record Implementation
2/21/11 Computerworld Names Kaiser Permanente’s Lisa Caplan and Mike Brady to Premier 100
2/18/11 Kaiser Permanente Recognized as a J.D. Power 2011 Customer Service Champion
2/18/11 Kaiser Permanente Ranked No. 1 Health Insurance Provider in Customer Loyalty in the Satmetrix 2011 Net Promoter® Benchmark Study
2/14/11 Commonly Prescribed Osteoporosis Drug Associated with Very Low Risk of Serious Jaw Disease
2/11/11 Kaiser Foundation Hospitals and Health Plan Report Fiscal Year 2010 and Fourth Quarter Financial Results
2/9/11 Watch now! Kaiser Permanente Awards Approximately $89 Million in Community Benefit Grants
1/31/11 Watch now! Obese Women Less Likely to Complete Mammograms and More Likely to Report Pain with the Procedure
1/26/11 Watch now! Walking: the Best Path to Fitness and Health
1/24/11 Kaiser Permanente Opens New Medical Center on Capitol Hill in Washington D.C.
1/20/11 Kaiser Permanente to Power California Facilities with Fuel Cells
1/18/11 Elizabeth A. McGlynn Named Director of Kaiser Permanente Center for Effectiveness & Safety Research
1/11/11 Watch now! Shingles Vaccine Associated with 55 Percent Reduced Risk of Disease
1/7/11 Watch now! Kaiser Permanente Hospital Goes Live with Solar Power

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