Health equity

Health equity is a hallmark of Permanente Medicine. Since Kaiser Permanente’s founding in the 1940s, providing ethical, compassionate care to every patient is a principle from which we have never wavered. We strive to deliver excellent care to all populations in our communities because our patients represent countless cultures across the globe — and because it’s just the right thing to do.

Ensuring access to the best care possible to a myriad of people means many things: From creating medical facilities that are welcoming and accessible to all, to researching and understanding different conditions that affect different populations, to addressing barriers that can affect the care delivered to different communities, we work hard to ensure more than 12 million patients feel seen and heard.