Purposeful difference
From the very beginning, we have thought about medicine differently.
In partnership with the Kaiser Foundation Health Plans and Kaiser Foundation Hospitals, the Permanente Medical Groups and our Permanente physicians innovate, educate, listen, and collaborate to lead the way in transforming health care in America. Our patients benefit from Permanente Medicine – person-centered, high-quality care that embraces the latest innovations in medicine and is supported by an integrated care delivery model. Together, we are Kaiser Permanente.
Our beliefs
Permanente Medicine means fulfilling the promise of medicine.
Through our unique approach to the entirety of health, we deliver the focused, personalized care that we would want for our loved ones and ourselves. Our team-based care lets us build healthier communities, patient by patient, person by person.
At our core, we celebrate the idea of “respect” and how we apply this to everyone and everything around us – patients, physicians, our communities, and our environment. This drives our decisions, and allows us to work with a collaborative spirit and an unbounded enthusiasm to do the right thing for our patients and for each other.
We strongly believe that our unique approach to medicine can impact the future of health care. The work that we do, in service of one patient, has the potential to change countless lives. Our focus on populations and care in the communities that we serve have made us an industry leader throughout the nation.
This is medicine we believe in. This is Permanente Medicine.
Fast facts
Physicians
Non-physician staff
Million members served
Medical offices and other facilities
Hospitals
States and DC locations
Care and equity
Kaiser Permanente received the first-ever Health Equity Award from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.
The Permanente Medical Groups
The Permanente Medical Groups (PMGs) are self-governed, physician-led, prepaid, multispecialty medical groups composed of more than 23,000 physicians. We’re dedicated to the mission of improving the health of our patients and communities. Together with the Kaiser Foundation Health Plans and Kaiser Foundation Hospitals, we are Kaiser Permanente – an award-winning health care system that delivers Permanente Medicine to more than 12.2 million Kaiser Permanente members.
The PMGs work collaboratively, enabled by state-of-the-art technology, to provide preventive and world-class complex care in eight states – from Hawaii to Maryland – and the District of Columbia.