Kaiser Permanente is a non-profit healthcare organization based out of Oakland‚ California founded and co-founded by Henry J Kaiser and Sydney Garfield. The organization has 3 subsidiaries that make up the foundation known as Kaiser Foundation Health Plan‚ The Physician Medical Group‚ and the Kaiser Foundation Hospital. This organization makes up one of the biggest managed care consortiums in the United States. The strategic plan has led this company to render 1.8 billion in net income annually.
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Economic Analysis of Anthem and Kaiser Permanente Abstract This paper is an economic analysis of healthcare providers Anthem and Kaiser Permanente. Included will be information on competition‚ pricing and the effects of elasticity of demand has on both companies. Introduction One of the major concerns facing Americans today is the discussion of healthcare and how employers can afford to purchase healthcare for their employees. With
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Gabriel TABLE OF CONTENTS • • • • • • • • • Kaiser Permanente Baldwin Park……………………………3 Functional Scope………………………………………………4 Process of care measures…………………………………….5 Inpatient Quality Management Philosophy………………….6 Data Collection and Analyses…………………………….7-12 Inpatient Quality Management Flow Chart……………..13-15 Performance Scorecard………………………………………16 Observations and Recommendations…………………..17-18 References…………………………………………………….19 • • Kaiser Permanente is an integrated managed care group based in
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Discuss how talent management at Kaiser Permanente supports the business strategy. Kaiser Permanente conducted an analysis of its past executive-level hires‚ 65% were recruited externally. This needed to change to help create opportunities for current leaders to grow from within the organization. The executive team believed that the leadership development must be aligned with the organization’s business strategy. Leadership development is not seen as a program ‚ but rather as part of the organizational
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a patient needs a kidney transplant‚ it can be a little intimidating and scary at first. The website http://www.kidney.org/ is a helpful‚ informative website for those receiving a kidney transplant‚ those who are donating one of their kidneys‚ and families of people undergoing either kidney surgery. For those who are receiving a kidney transplant there are several links to everything that a person may need to know. Such topics include: the ins and outs of what a kidney transplant is‚ information about
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Identify the Problem The kidney is an extraordinary organ. Without its processes‚ human life would be virtually impossible. It is a very well known fact that when individuals consume large amounts of liquid‚ they eliminate much of the liquid through urine. On the other hand‚ when individuals are severely dehydrated very little urine is formed. This certainly illustrates that control mechanisms in the human being can regulate the amount of urine that is formed. When tap water is ingested
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organizations. Kaiser Permanente consists of three entities Kaiser Foundation Health Plans‚ Kaiser Foundation Hospitals‚ and Permanente Medical Groups. Kaiser Foundation Health Plans is a nonprofit‚ public benefit corporation that contract with individuals and groups for prepaid‚ comprehensive health care services. Kaiser Foundation Hospitals is also nonprofit‚ and a public benefit corporation that owns and operates community hospitals in California‚ Oregon‚ and Hawaii. Permanente Medical Groups
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a fecal transplant (also called a fecal microbiome transplant‚ or a poop transplant)? Fecal transplant is to obtain fecal‚ or poop‚ sample‚ mix it with saline‚ and place it in patients. This treatment is used to treat clostridium difficile infection which is caused invasion of an anaerobic‚ gram-negative‚ spore-forming bacteria. This invasion is due to the treatment of antibiotics. When a patient acquires antibiotics‚ all the good bacteria is suppressed‚ and the purpose of fecal transplant is to replace
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SCENARIO OF KIDNEY DISEASE IN INDIA Kidney disease is a hushed killer. Almost 12 per cent of India’s population is expected to be suffering from some form of undetected kidney disease‚ which can cause a total kidney failure that needs dialysis and transplantation. Only 9 per cent of the patients are able to obtain kidney transplant and pay for the treatment. As many people belong to the weaker socio-economic status it is difficult to undergo dialysis which costs around Rs. 1‚500 - Rs 2‚200 per session
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Q1. The collaborative model used by Kaiser Permanente to implement change in the medical practice involves forming a group of cross functional teams from multiple hospitals to design and implement improved care protocols. This process involved distinct action periods through repeated cycles of (1) designing what process change could be made to improve performance‚ (2) making the change‚ (3) testing whether the change resulted in the desired impact‚ and (4) deciding whether to adopt the change‚ modify
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