Kaiser Permanente’s recent launch of Thrive Local – the most comprehensive, far-reaching social health network of its kind – promises to improve the health of individual patients and impact social determinants of health on a grand scale, according to Imelda…
Kaiser Permanente’s efforts to prevent and treat trauma in children were highlighted in a recent USA Today feature story. Those initiatives range from developing health complexity scores that could possibly lead to better interventions, to improving student and staff resilience…
Imelda Dacones, MD, president and CEO of Northwest Permanente, writes about the need to intervene early in a child’s life to prevent chronic conditions later.
Last month, the Oregon Latino Health Coalition honored Kaiser Permanente Northwest with the “Campeones de Salud” Award for that region’s work to end Latino health disparities in Oregon. The award was presented at the coalition’s annual Health Equity Dinner, where…
