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National Feature Stories - 2007

 

 
12/27/07 Loel Solomon Discusses Childhood Obesity Prevention on ABC Channel 7
12/27/07 Kaiser Permanente's Hawaiian-Themed Rose Parade Float to Feature Child Patients
12/20/07 National Council on Aging Lauds Kaiser Permanente
12/17/07 Managing Health Online Discussed on NPR's 'Talk of the Nation'
12/12/07 Kaiser Permanente, Yale University Launch Weight Bias Tool Kit for Health Care Providers
12/12/07 Kaiser Permanente Holds 30th Annual Diversity Conference
12/11/07 Kaiser Permanente, Discovery Health Launch 'Healthy Steps to Treating Childhood Obesity' Program
12/11/07 Kaiser Permanente CIO Interviewed on ZDNet.com
12/06/07 Poll Results Reinforce Kaiser Permanente's Findings About Benefits of Electronic Medical Records
12/05/07 Kaiser Permanente Featured in Facilities.net Article on Hospital Construction
12/04/07 Annual Community Forum Shares Ideas for Aiding Underserved Communities
11/29/07 Smoking Cessation Rates Double with Intensive Counseling and Free Nicotine Replacement Therapy, Studies Show
11/28/07 Kaiser Permanente Pediatric Obesity Specialist Interviewed on "Patient Power"
11/28/07 Kaiser Permanente to Participate in National Network to Study Cardiovascular Disease
11/19/07 Kaiser Permanente/Harvard Medical School Study Links Lack of Sleep to Weight Gain for New Moms
11/21/07 Preston Maring, MD, Featured on ABC News Discussing Farmers' Markets, Thanksgiving Menus
11/21/07 Kaiser Permanente Makes $2.9 Million Grant to Santa Rosa (Calif.) Medicine Residency Consortium
11/16/07 Kaiser Permanente Recognized for Innovative Program to Reduce Health Care Disparities
11/16/07 Kaiser Permanente's Thrive Campaign Discussed in Podcast
11/14/07 Kaiser Permanente's Family Violence Prevention Program Wins National Innovation Award
11/14/07 Largest Study Ever to Investigate Autism Risk Factors to Start Enrolling Families
11/12/07 Kaiser Permanente Outreach Program Assists Thousands of Medicare Members
11/06/07 Kaiser Permanente Introduces My Health Manager Personal Health Record
11/01/07 Kaiser Permanente CEO Receives Diversity Leadership Award
10/31/07 Brilliant Deduction: The Amazing Food Detective is a Hit
10/31/07 All Kaiser Permanente Members Now Have Access to Personal Health Record
10/29/07 New Podcast Looks at The Amazing Food Detective, Childhood Obesity
10/25/07 Kaiser Permanente "Thrive" Television Ads Now Available in KP News Center
10/18/07 Kaiser Permanente Scores Highest for Clinical Quality in California Agency's Health Care Quality Report Card
10/12/07 IHA Names Permanente Medical Groups Top Performers in All Kaiser Permanente California Service Areas
10/10/07 'The Amazing Food Detective Makes It Big in the Big Apple
10/05/07 "Amazing Food Detective" Gets Nine of 10 Stars in USA Today Review
10/02/07 Kaiser Permanente Named Green Electronics Champion by EPA, Green Electronics Council
09/28/07 One in Seven Women are Depressed Before, During, or After Pregnancy, KP Study Shows
09/27/07 Study: Alcohol Consumption Regardless of Beverage Type Linked to Breast Cancer Risk
09/25/07 Underused Colon Cancer Screening Test is Effective, May Help Improve Colon Cancer Screening Rates
09/25/07 Kaiser Permanente Launches "Amazing Food Detective" Online Educational Game
09/25/07 Kaiser Permanente lanza el juego educacional en línea "La Maravillosa Detective de Alimentos"
09/21/07 Kaiser Permanente Nutrition Services Highlighted in The Wall Street Journal
09/20/07 Kaiser Permanente Opens New Research Center in Colorado
09/14/07 George Halvorson Article in Sacramento Bee: "It's Time to Give Health Care to All"
09/14/07 Kaiser Permanente hosts "Henry J. Kaiser: Think Big" Exhibit at Home Front Festival
09/12/07 Health Care Reform Now! A Prescription for Change Available in Bookstores Now
09/12/07 Kaiser Permanente Achieves Climate Action Leader Status in California
09/06/07 Preston Maring's Farmers' Market and Recipe Update Now Available Online
08/31/07 Kaiser Permanente Playing Key Role in Developing IT Standards for Personal Health Records
08/30/07 Newspaper Highlights "Green" Construction at Kaiser Permanente Vacaville Medical Center
08/28/07 Treating Diabetes During Pregnancy Can Break Link to Childhood Obesity
08/24/07 Kaiser Permanente Launches Fourth Season of "Thrive" National Advertising Campaign
08/22/07 KP HealthConnect™ Cited in British Medical Journal Paper on Potential of Electronic Medical Records
08/20/07 Preston Maring, MD, Shares Healthy Harvest in Podcast
08/14/07 Kaiser Permanente Surgeon's Success Story Highlighted in Sacramento Bee
08/09/07 Kaiser Permanente Santa Clara Medical Center Opens
08/07/07 More Americans are Searching For – and Finding – Health Care Information Online
08/03/07 Kaiser Foundation Health Plan and Hospitals Report Positive Second Quarter 2007 Financial Results
08/02/07 Educational Theatre Performance "The Best Me" Targets Childhood Obesity
07/26/07 New Report Shows Kaiser Permanente's Increased Use of IT Improves Quality of Care
07/25/07 Kaiser Permanente Improves Quality Assurance Processes
07/24/07 New Study Confirms Link Between Breast Cancer and Hormone Therapy
07/19/07 Garfield Center Celebrates First Year of Innovation - and Many More to Come
07/17/07 Eating a Diet Very High in Fruits, Vegetables and Fiber Does Not Reduce Breast Cancer Recurrence
07/12/07 Kaiser Permanente's 2006 Annual Report Now Available
07/10/07 Preston Maring, MD, and KP's Farmers' Markets Featured on Channel 7
07/09/07 Video Highlights from Health Care IT Summit Now Available
07/03/07 KP Quality and Service Senior VP Alide Chase Featured in Institute for Healthcare Improvement Feature
06/27/07 Jack Cochran, MD, to Succeed Jay Crosson, MD, as Executive Director of The Permanente Federation
06/22/07 Kaiser Permanente's Prominent Role in American Health Care Reform
06/14/07 Andrew Wiesenthal, MD, Discusses Electronic Medical Records in Far-Ranging InfoWorld.com Interview
06/11/07 Childhood and Adolescent Obesity Recommendations Reflect Core KP Care Protocols
06/01/07 KP National Facilities Leader to Deliver Keynote at Sustainable Operations Summit in New Mexico
05/30/07 Traveling This Summer? Arm Yourself with Tips to Stay Healthy on the Road
05/23/07 Kaiser Permanente's Northern California Truck Fleet Switching to Biodiesel Fuel
05/22/07 Kaiser Permanente's Model for Handling of Homeless Individuals in Los Angeles Lauded, Adopted by Another Hospital
05/15/07 Kaiser Permanente Reaches Settlement in Los Angeles Homeless Case
05/09/07 Award-Winning Kaiser Permanente Domestic Violence Prevention Program Featured in the Washington Post
05/08/07 Preview George Halvorson'sNew Book, Health Care Reform Now!
05/07/07 KP HealthConnect™ in the Wall Street Journal
05/07/07 Final Tavis Smiley 'Road to Health' Event Convenes in Oakland May 11-12
05/02/07 Kaiser Permanente Sponsors Health Care Information Technology Summit
05/01/07 KP Works to Bridge the Great Divide in Health and Health Care.
04/26/07 Avivia Health From Kaiser Permanente Launched
04/26/07 Kaiser Permanente Makes Lifesaving"Healthy Heart" Program Available to All Americans at No Charge
04/19/07 Passion for Pet Safety
04/18/07 Kaiser Permanente Wins Eleanor Roosevelt Human Rights Award
04/11/07 Kaiser Permanente Receives Approval for Overtime Settlement
04/06/07 Building Green in Georgia
04/04/07 Taking a Byte Out of E-Waste
03/30/07 A Writing Life
03/29/07 The Road to Health
03/27/07 Taking Care
03/21/07 Learning from Yesterday
03/21/07 Translating a Need
03/21/07 Service, Satisfaction and Silence
03/16/07 LiveWell Colorado Aims to Reduce Colorado's Obesity Rates
03/16/07 Middle Age = Fitness Declines,Weight Gains
03/08/07 CHARTing Quality Shifting
03/08/07 Finding Connections: KP Division of Research Will Examine How Genes and Environment Influence Common Diseases
03/01/07 Shifting Perspectives
03/01/07 Trading Up: Kaiser Permanente's Northern California region puts Fair Trade coffee in its vending machines
02/22/07 On the Road: Danish group one of many foreign contingents to tour Kaiser Permanente with KP International
02/22/07 Kaiser Permanente CEO Shares Health Care Lessons from Uganda
02/22/07 Going for the Green
02/22/07 Gulf Coast Diaries
02/22/07 Health Without Borders
02/22/07 Kaiser Permanente Mobilizes to Help Rebuild Gulf Coast
02/15/07 KP HealthConnect™: Transforming Medical Care and Service
02/15/07 The New House Call
02/15/07 "A Health Plan, not a Sick Plan"
02/15/07 Kaiser Permanente Takes Lead in Fighting Cervical Cancer
02/15/07 A Message from Executive Sponsors for Kaiser Permanente HealthConnect™
02/15/07 For the Record: What people are really saying about KP HealthConnect™
02/15/07 Are Repeat Bone Tests Unnecessary?
02/15/07 Big Bellies Are Bad for the Heart
02/15/07 The Future is Now
02/15/07 Health Disparities and Martin Luther King Jr.'s Unfinished Civil Rights Agenda
02/15/07 Arm Yourself to Fight the Flu
02/15/07 Kaiser Permanente Unveils Groundbreaking Genetic Research
Program
02/01/07 Get Fit Time Out!