Nearly all Kaiser Permanente hospitals have once again been given an A rating for patient safety — and none lower than a B — in the Leapfrog Group’s latest Hospital Safety Score. Thirty-one of 33 Kaiser Permanente medical centers included in the report received A grades (94 percent). The two others received a B (6 [ Read More ]
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Service sannounced that six Kaiser Permanente Medicare plans earned five stars for 2013, of only 11 nationwide with parts C and D, the highest overall rating for quality and service. Kaiser Permanente’s 5-star Medicare plans include those operating in California, Northwest, Hawaii, Colorado, Ohio and Mid-Atlantic States. Kaiser Permanente’s [ Read More ]
A program for women at risk of substance abuse during pregnancy could save nearly $2 billion annually in health care costs if implemented nationwide, according to a Kaiser Permanente study published online in the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists’ journal, Obstetrics & Gynecology. The cost-benefit analysis of the Kaiser Permanente Early Start program follows [ Read More ]
Mayo Clinic, Geisinger, Kaiser Permanente, Intermountain Healthcare, and Group Health Announce Plan to Securely Share Patient-Specific Data Through Care Connectivity Consortium Five innovative and leading health systems, each of whom are pioneers in the use of electronic medical records for their patients, joined together to announce a new initiative to securely exchange electronic health data, [ Read More ]
Kaiser Permanente Northwest leads the nation among all reporting commercial health plans with top marks in counseling children for physical activity and nutrition, according to the National Committee on Quality Assurance’s Quality Compass for 2010.* “Childhood obesity is the leading threat to our children’s health,” said Dr. Keith Bachman, director of the Weight Management Institute [ Read More ]
Kaiser Permanente Study Finds Quality of Care Scores Increase as Patients and Physicians Communicate via Secure E-mail Secure patient-physician e-mail messaging improves the effectiveness of care for patients with diabetes and hypertension, according to new research by Kaiser Permanente. The study, published in the July issue of Health Affairs, shows that health information technology improves [ Read More ]