Kaiser Permanente: bridging the quality divide with integrated practice, group accountability, and health information technology
- Collection:
- Health Policy and Services Research
- Series Title(s):
- Case study. Organized health care delivery system
- Contributor(s):
- McCarthy, Douglas. Mueller, Kimberly. Wrenn, Jennifer. Commonwealth Fund.
- Publication:
- [New York, NY] : Commonwealth Fund, [2009]
- Language(s):
- English
- Format:
- Text
- Subject(s):
- Delivery of Health Care, Integrated -- organization & administration Medical Informatics Organizational Case Studies Organizational Culture Organizational Innovation Patient Participation Quality Assurance, Health Care -- organization & administration Continuity of Patient Care Electronic Health Records Evidence-Based Medicine Health Services Accessibility Organizations, Nonprofit Patient Access to Records Patient Care Management Humans United States
- Genre(s):
- Technical Report
- Abstract:
- Kaiser Permanente--comprising the Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Kaiser Foundation Hospitals, and Permanente Medical Groups in eight regions--is the largest nonprofit integrated health care delivery system in the United States. The successful evolution of this organizational structure in a competitive marketplace has required a close partnership between managers and physicians supported by a culture of physician group accountability for quality and efficiency. An overarching agenda for achieving excellence focuses on high-impact health conditions, provides goal-oriented tools to analyze population data, proactively identifies patients in need of intervention, supports systematic process improvements, and promotes collaboration between patients and professionals to improve health. Central to this effort is KP HealthConnect, a comprehensive health information system that integrates an electronic health record with the tools to support physicians in delivering evidence-based medicine, coupled with a robust online patient portal that enhances members' access to and involvement in their care.
- Copyright:
- Reproduced with permission of the copyright holder. Further use of the material is subject to CC BY license. (More information)
- Illustrations:
- Illustrations
- NLM Unique ID:
- 101537925 (See catalog record)
- Permanent Link:
- http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101537925