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Fast Company selects top innovators in healthcare

 Bernie Monegain February 19, 2010
GE, athenahealth and Sermo are among the top 10 innovative healthcare companies named by Fast Company. Kaiser Permanente is the sole healthcare provider on the list.
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Study shows EHRs make little difference in cost, quality

 Patty Enrado November 19, 2009
A new study found little difference in cost and quality among 3,000 hospitals that were in various stages of electronic health record initiatives. If you just stopped at the headline, it's great fodder for those who believe EHRs are over-hyped. But when you read the details of the study's findings, it's actually a story in favor of EHRs.
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Kaiser Permanente joins Health 2.0 Accelerator

Bernie Monegain October 01, 2009
Kaiser Permanente will join Health 2.0 Accelerator, a consortium focused on advancing consumer-centric healthcare.
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National forum focuses on improved outcomes and lowering costs

 Kyle Hardy July 24, 2009
The Kaiser Permanente Health Care Institute and National Labor College hosted a national forum highlighting best practices for providing high-quality care to patients at lower costs.
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Three Million People Now Using Kaiser Permanente's Personal Health Record

 Industry News Release April 22, 2009
Kaiser Permanente announced today that more than 3 million members are using My Health Manager, the personal health record available on www.kp.org. The growing number of active users - now more than one-third of Kaiser Permanente's 8.6 million members - demonstrates that consumers find the organization's personal health record an effective, easy and convenient way to manage their care. This announcement comes during the annual Health 2.0 - 1x conference in Boston, where leaders from Kaiser Permanente and other providers are collaborating to find the best ways to empower and engage patients in their own care.
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Kaiser Permanente CEO George Halvorson Receives National Award From the Workgroup for Electronic Data Interchange

 Industry News Release April 21, 2009
The Workgroup for Electronic Data Interchange is honoring Kaiser Permanente Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, George Halvorson, with the 2009 Louis Sullivan Award. WEDI's award recognizes individuals who have distinguished themselves through their leadership vision and achievements in advancing the overall quality and efficiency of health care. The winner is selected through a vote by the WEDI board of directors.
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Kaiser Permanente Receives Top Marks in 2009 J.D. Power and Associates Study

 Industry News Release April 16, 2009
Kaiser Permanente announced today that its members in four geographic regions rated the organization's health plans highest in customer satisfaction in the J.D. Power and Associates 2009 National Health Insurance Plan Study(SM). The regions are Colorado, Virginia-Maryland, California and the Northwest. These plans serve almost 7.5 million of Kaiser Permanente's more than 8.6 million members.
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Kaiser pilot results in reduction of heart attack deaths by 73 percent

 Bernie Monegain March 27, 2009
An engaged front-line team, supported by an electronic health record and a clinical care registry, is credited with reducing the deaths of patients with coronary health disease by 73 percent, according to the results of a Colorado program piloted by Kaiser Permanente.
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Vendor Notebook: HealthPort partners with Summit Healthcare

 Eric Wicklund June 16, 2008
HealthPort, of Nixa, Mo., has announced a partnership with Summit Healthcare to increase the value of its HealthPort EDMS (Electronic Document management System) by improving integration...
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Americans care about healthcare IT, Kaiser survey shows

 Bernie Monegain June 13, 2008
A little more than half of Americans say healthcare IT should be a top priority for the next president, according to a new Kaiser Permanente survey. The research also revealed that Americans continue...
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OnTheMove

 Healthcare IT News Staff January 16, 2008
David Watson, former CTO of Kaiser Permanente has joined MedeFinance as CTO/CIO. The Indiana Health Information Exchange, an Indianapolis-based regional health information organization, has nam...
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