Press Releases: Ohio
September 24, 2008
Kaiser Permanente Offers Health Screenings Oct. 11 at East Tech High School
Health Checks Offered as Part of Centennial Celebration
WHAT: East Tech High School alumni, as well as members of the community, are invited to celebrate good health and 100 years of education on Saturday, Oct. 11, in a Health Clinic at East Technical High School. As part of the school’s “Scarabs Forever” Centennial Weekend Celebration, Kaiser Permanente registered nurses will be on hand to take blood pressures as well as glucose screenings. Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson will be stopping by to participate, as well as several members of Cleveland’s City Council.
WHEN: Saturday, Oct. 11,
Noon – 4 p.m.
WHERE: East Technical High School
2439 East 55th Street
Cleveland, Ohio
For more information about the event, call event chairperson David O'Neal at 216-671-1324 or Kaiser Permanente Community Health Coordinator Laura Heiss at 216-479-5774.
About Kaiser Permanente
Kaiser Permanente is America's leading integrated health plan. Founded in 1945, it is a not-for-profit; group practice prepayment program headquartered in Oakland, Calif. Kaiser Permanente serves the health care needs of more than 8.7 million members in nine states and the District of Columbia. Today it encompasses the not-for-profit Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Inc., Kaiser Foundation Hospitals and their subsidiaries, and the for-profit Permanente Medical Groups. Nationwide, Kaiser Permanente includes approximately 156,000 technical, administrative and clerical employees and caregivers, and more than 13,000 physicians representing all specialties.
In Northeast Ohio, Kaiser Permanente addresses the health care needs of nearly 150,000 members in a nine-county area. Services are provided by more than 180 Ohio Permanente Medical Group physicians, 3,000 network affiliated physicians and more than 1,900 non-physician employees. In 2007, Kaiser Permanente of Ohio celebrated 43 years of providing care in Northeast Ohio.
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