Kaiser News Articles
Letter to the Editor: Kaiser Permanente's Value
Letter to the Editor: In regard to your Saturday article "Crisis in Health Care," I am one of those doctors you mention who has left private practice to work at Kaiser Permanente. Unfortunately, your article gives the impression that Kaiser Permanente is simply living off the fat of the land, while at the same time indirectly causing the collapse of our health care system.
Letter to the Editor: Health Economics
Letter to the Editor: Your Saturday article, "Crisis in Health Care," said private practices are failing because they are losing privately insured patients to Kaiser Permanente. As a family physician who was in private practice in Santa Rosa at Primary Care Associates for 19 years, I do not believe this to be true. The real culprit is low reimbursement from private insurance plans.
Letter to the Editor: First Priority
Letter to the Editor: The Wednesday letter by Dr. Matt Joseph ("Kaiser's Value") is straightforward and answers some of the unfounded remarks by many who can't see the entire issue we face in this changing world of health care.
New Facilities For Vacaville and Vallejo Set to Open in 2009
Kaiser Permanente will spend more than $1 billion in Solano County by 2009, building two new medical centers and another 57-office medical building. The buildings are expected to boost county employment by about 2,000 to 3,000 jobs during the next five years, according to Kaiser Permanente officials, who also hope the sites will attract other types of businesses to the area.
Community Benefit Annual Report Outlines Kaiser Permanente's Charitable Work
Kaiser Permanente's Community Benefit expenditures – 30 percent more in 2007 than in 2006 – are outlined in its Community Benefit organization's annual report, which now is available for download.
Hundreds of Kids Get Exams at Santa Rosa Health Festival
Hundreds of volunteers turned out Sunday in Santa Rosa with three goals: Give local children health exams, get them insured and put them on track for a healthy lifestyle.
Free Health Clinic in Fresno Offers Alternative Medicine
Kaiser Permanente doctors and nurses teamed up with the Buddhist Tzu Chi organization to offer health screenings, dental exams, and even some alternative therapy.
Losing Weight After Diabetes Diagnosis Can Prevent Diabetes-Related Disease
First Clinical Study to Show Benefits Remain Even If Patients Regain Weight
People who lose weight soon after a diagnosis of type 2 diabetes have better control of their blood pressure and blood sugar, and are more likely to maintain that control even if they regain their weight, according to a Kaiser Permanente study published online in Diabetes Care, the American Diabetes Association journal.
Kaiser Permanente–Stanford Heart Research Center Funded to Study Treatment Outcomes
The American Heart Association has awarded Kaiser Permanente's Division of Research in Oakland and Stanford University Medical Center $3.89 million over the next four years to establish jointly a new heart research center that aims to define optimal clinical care for patients with coronary heart disease and chronic heart failure.
Kaiser Permanente Continues to Spread Health with New Ads
Kaiser Permanente is launching the fifth season of its popular Thrive advertising campaign, with television, radio, print and outdoor advertisements that reflect the health care organization's commitment to the total health of its members and the communities it serves. One television ad will debut during the Olympic opening ceremonies on Friday, August 8. Two others will go into rotation in September.