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Kaiser Permanente's Care Management Institute was included as one of five national case studies used for the evaluation of the National Priorities Partnership. The case studies were undertaken in order to provide real-time analysis into how these organizations applied and aligned with NPP's priorities to guide their work and improve health care.

Kaiser Permanente Colorado contributed to new research that reveals substantial differences - by both surgeon and institution - in the rates of follow-up surgeries for women who underwent a partial mastectomy for treatment of breast cancer.

Kaiser Permanente has launched the Sidney R. Garfield Health Care Innovation Center Virtual Tour, which for the first time gives people worldwide a behind-the-scenes peek at how Kaiser Permanente develops and tests health care innovations that benefit the organization's 8.9 million members.

At Kaiser Permanente our strategy is total health, which means everyone should have access to the highest quality care when they need it. But it also means that we deserve to live healthy lives in our homes, our workplaces, our neighborhoods and our communities. In 2011, Kaiser Permanente responded on a number of fronts to address the needs of our communities and the commitment to total health.

Kaiser Permanente announced today the Kaiser Permanente HIV Challenge to help health care providers nationwide improve health equity for people living with HIV by increasing access to HIV care and improving health outcomes.

Kaiser Permanente researchers used electronic health records to conduct an observational safety study of 189,629 females aged 9 to 26 years old in California who were followed for six months after receiving each dose of the quadrivalent HPV vaccine in 2006-2008. Researchers found no increase in 16 pre-specified autoimmune conditions in the vaccinated population compared to a matched group of unvaccinated girls and women.

Lisa Schilling, RN, MPH, vice president of National Health Care Performance Improvement for Kaiser Permanente and director of Kaiser Permanente's Performance Improvement Institute, was recently named as one of the nation's 10 clinical quality leaders by 'Becker's ASC Review,' an online journal for ambulatory surgery centers.

Kaiser Permanente already has the largest electronic medical record system in the world. Today, the health care organization announced that 9 million Kaiser Permanente patients now can easily access their own medical information anywhere in the world on mobile devices through a mobile-optimized website.

Kaiser Permanente, committed to improving the health of its patients, workforce and communities, announced today it is converting its IV medical equipment to more eco-friendly alternatives that are free of PVC and DEHP, two industrial chemicals used in plastics that have been shown to harm human and environmental health.

Archimedes IndiGO, Kaiser Permanente's unique decision support tool, was recently named by 'InformationWeek' magazine as one of the 10 innovative clinical decision support programs.

HBO has announced its latest documentary series: The Weight of the Nation. The series signals the launch of what promises to be one of the most far-reaching public health campaigns on the topic of obesity. Kaiser Permanente is proud to be working with HBO, the Institute of Medicine, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institutes of Health, and the Michael & Susan Dell Foundation on these films and an associated public education campaign designed to tackle this most urgent and critical public health crisis.

Thousands of Kaiser Permanente employees and physicians provide valuable services to their communities on Martin Luther King Day to honor and recognize Dr. King and his advancement of civil and human rights during an annual day of service. This year, as in years past, Kaiser Permanente's Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, George Halvorson, along with Bernard Tyson, president and chief operating officer, and Jack Cochran, MD, executive director of The Permanente Federation, are distributing hundreds of coats to people in need at City Team Ministries in Oakland, Calif.

Older women who have lost more than two inches in height face an increased risk of breaking bones and dying, according to a new study published in the January issue of the Journal of Bone and Mineral Research and funded by the National Institutes of Health.

How does Kaiser Permanente know if a community it's working with is healthier as a result of its support? Pamela Schwartz, director of program evaluation, evaluates and measures our impact on HEALing communities. Kaiser Permanente's Healthy Eating Active Living (HEAL) collaboratives seek to transform the places where people live, work and play in order to support them in making healthy choices.