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••Summer
1997 / Vol 1, No 1

Comments from the Journal EditorsAbstracts from articles published in other journals
Clinical articles on the practice of Permanente medicineClinical articles on the practice of Permanente medicinePermenente Medical History
Poetry, Art, Musings from Permanente clinicians
Nonclinical articles on external issuesMedical Legal UpdateArticles from a Systems perspective
Permanente Medical Groups At a GlanceThe lighter side of medicine

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


Permanente Medical Groups At a Glance | to pdf >>

Permanente Medical Groups 12
Total Physicians (FTEs)1 9415
Board Certified (U.S. average: 63%) 88%
Board Eligible 5%
Average Number of Years in Practice2 11
Turnover3 6%
Ratio of Applicants to Hires4 Ranges by Medical Group
from 4:1 to 40:1
Kaiser Permanente Medical Offices8 297
Kaiser Permanente Medical Centers (hospitals)9 26
KP Medical Centers with JCAHO Accreditation
(JCAHO national average: 80%)
100%
KP Mecial Centers Accredited with Commendation
(JCAHO national average: 10%)
26%
Contract Hospitals10 333
Contract Hospitals with JCAHO Accreditation 99.7%
1 Number of physicians total 9.396 when the 241 staff physicians of Community Health Plan (CHP) are included in the tally. Kaiser Permanente's Northeast Division and CHP affiliated in 1996.
2 Data available from seven of 12 PMGs.
3 Source is Kaiser Permanente's 1995 Hedis Report, which includes contract physicians.
4 Data available from nine of 12 PMGs.
5 Primary care includes family practice, general practice, internal medicine, pediatrics and, in the case of four Permanente Medical Groups (PMGs), obstetrics and gynecology.
6 Does not equal 100 percent due to rounding of numbers.
7 Percentage of Native American physicians in the U.S. equals a statistically insignificant 226, or 0.0%.
8,9,10 The PMGs do not own these facilities. They are included to provide an overview of where the PMGs practice medicine.






 



 



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