Operational Excellence

Oct 1 2008

Kaiser Permanente Opens New Medical Center in Modesto, Calif.

Kaiser Permanente opened its most environmentally friendly hospital to date to patients and staff today in Modesto, Calif., bringing more jobs to the San Joaquin Valley, and expanding Kaiser Permanente's convenient health care offerings and sustainable building design.

Kaiser Permanente's Modesto Medical Center has earned national recognition as one of the "greenest" health care facilities in North America. The 670,000-square-foot hospital features energy-reducing materials and advanced green hospital furnishings and fixtures that use fewer toxic chemicals. Other design features, notably liberal use of natural light, promote health. And the hospital will open fully equipped with the electronic health record, KP HealthConnect™, eliminating the need for paper records.

Modesto Medical Center is one of several new hospitals for Kaiser Permanente, which is investing close to $24 billion in construction projects through 2014.

For more information, read this press release.