Healing together : the labor-management partnership at Kaiser Permanente / Thomas A. Kochan [and others].

Subjects: “…Kaiser Permanente Personnel management.…”
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The Idealistic HMO : can good care survive the market? / Hedrick Smith Productions.

Table of Contents: “…AIDS and Kaiser Permanente (3:45) -- Commitment to AIDS Community (3:24) -- Kaiser's Social Mission (3:28) -- Colorectal Screening Exam (5:13) -- Preventive Health Care (4:24) -- Diabetes: Cost of Care (5:14) -- What Insurance Cannot Cover (4:53) -- New Market Strategies (4:55) -- Quality Health Care (4:56) -- Can Quality Health Care Survive? …”
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The attacker's advantage : turning uncertainty into breakthrough opportunities / Ram Charan. by Charan, Ram

Table of Contents: “…-- Bends in the road -- Why structural uncertainty is different -- The mathematical corporation : the algorithmic revolution and the rise of the math house -- Searching for early warning signals -- Identifying the catalysts of structural change -- Seeing what catalysts see -- Tools to build perceptual acuity -- How Tata Communications expands the organization's lens -- Defining the path -- A mind-set for offense -- Kaiser Permanente's path through the turmoil in health care -- The joint practice session : transparency and coordination -- How Keurig Green Mountain adopted the joint practice session -- The what, who, and how of decision making : zeroing in on the organization's critical decision nodes -- Steering on two tracks -- Merck's quick organizational turn to offense.…”
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Race, ethnicity, and language data : standardization for health care quality improvement / Subcommittee on Standardized Collection of Race/Ethnicity Data for Healthcare Quality Improvement, Board on Health Care Services ; Cheryl Ulmer, Bernadette McFadden, and David R. Nerenz, editors ; Institute of Medicine of the National Academies.

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- Evidence of disparities among ethnicity groups -- Defining categorization needs for race and ethnicity data -- Defining language need and categories for collection -- Improving data collection across the health care system -- Implementation -- Acronyms and abbreviations -- Legislation cited in report -- Workshop agendas -- Subcommittee member and staff biographies -- Subcommittee template: developing a national standard set of granular ethnicity categories and a rollup scheme -- Granular ethnicities with no determinate OMB race classification -- Kaiser Permanente: evolution of data collection on race, ethnicity, and language preference information -- Contra Costa Health Plan language assistance database and ethnicity categories -- Subcommittee template: developing a national standard set of spoken language categories and coding.…”
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Pursuing the Triple Aim : Seven Innovators Show the Way to Better Care, Better Health, and Lower Costs. by Bisognano, Maureen

Table of Contents: “…6: The Patient and Family Centered Care Methodology and Practice: Improving Patient Experience and Clinical Outcomes -- 7: Kaiser Permanente: Embedding Improvement Capacity into Organizational DNA -- 8: No Excuses: Effective Leadership to Achieve the Triple Aim -- Epilogue: Innovation Everywhere -- References -- Index…”
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Research in Organizational Change and Development. by Woodman, Richard W.

Table of Contents: “…Long-term insider action research: Three decades of work at kaiser permanente; Chapter 3. Organizational development for social sustainability in work systems; Chapter 4. …”
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Research in organizational change and development. Volume 23 / edited by, Abraham B. (Rami) Shani, Debra A. Noumair.

Table of Contents: “…Warner Burke -- Evolution of a parallel learning mechanism : thirty-five years with the Kaiser Permanente communications forum / Michael W. Stebbins, Judy L. …”
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Restructuring the professional organization : accounting, healthcare, and law / edited by David M. Brock, Michael J. Powell, and C.R. Hinings. by Brock, David, 1956-

Table of Contents: “…Hinings -- Institutional effects on organizational governance and conformity : the case of the Kaiser Permanente and the United States health care field / Carol A. …”
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Adopting new medical technology / Annetine C. Gelijns and Holly V. Dawkins, editors ; Committee on Technological Innovation in Medicine, Institute of Medicine.

Table of Contents: “…Buto -- Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association initiatives in technology assessment / Susan Gleeson -- Kaiser Permanente's new technology committee: coverage decisionmaking in a group model health maintenance organization / Paul D. …”
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Community Oriented Primary Care : a Practical Assessment.

Table of Contents: “…Chapter 5 ANALYSIS OF CURRENT PRACTICES SUMMARY OF PRACTICES ENGAGED IN COPC -- CHARACTERISTICS OF COPC STUDY SITES -- THE SEVEN STUDY SITES -- Checkerboard Area Health System -- Crow Hill Family Medicine Center -- East Boston Neighborhood Health Center -- Kaiser-Permanente Medical Care Program of Oregon -- Montefiore Family Health Center -- Sells Service Unit of the Indian Health Service -- Tarboro-Edgecombe Health Services System -- CROSS-CASE ANALYSIS -- The Structural Elements -- The Community -- The Primary Care Practice -- The Functions of COPC…”
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Facilitating patient understanding of discharge instructions : workshop summary / Joe Alper and Lyla M. Hernandez, rapporteurs ; Roundtable on Health Literacy, Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice, Institute of Medicine of the National Academies. by Alper, Joe, Hernandez, Lyla M.

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Violence and mental health : opportunities for prevention and early detection: proceedings of a workshop / Deepali Patel, rapporteur ; Forum on Global Violence Prevention, Board on Global Health, Health and Medicine Division, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, Medicine.

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Setting Priorities for Clinical Practice Guidelines. by Staff, Institute of Medicine

Table of Contents: “…""Intermountain Health Care""""Kaiser Permanente, Northern California Region""; ""State of Minnesota""; ""Office of Medical Applications and Research, National Institutes of Health""; ""U.S. …”
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The doctor crisis : how physicians can, and must, lead the way to better health care / Jack Cochran, MD and Charles Kenney. by Cochran, Jack, Kenney, Charles

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Health literacy and numeracy : workshop summary / Melissa G. French, rapporteur ; Roundtable on Health Literacy, Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice, Institute of Medicine of the National Academies. by French, Melissa

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Long-term care and medicare policy : can we improve the continuity of care? / David Blumenthal [and others], editors.

Table of Contents: “…12 Importance of Interdisciplinary Teams to Support Self- Care: The Example of Kaiser Permanente -- 13 Chronic- Care Initiatives: What We Have Learned and Implications for the Medicare Program -- Commentary on Part Four -- PART FIVE -- Visions for the Future: How Might We Meet Tomorrow's Needs for Chronic and Long- Term Care? …”
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Driving action and progress on obesity prevention and treatment : proceedings of a workshop / Steve Olson, rapporteur ; Roundtable on Obesity Solutions, Food and Nutrition Board, Health and Medicine Division, National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine.

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Achieving rural health equity and well-being : proceedings of a workshop / National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, Health and Medicine Division, Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice, Roundtable on the Promotion of Health Equity ; Roundtable on Population Health Improvement ; Steve Olson and Karen M. Anderson, rapporteurs.

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How far have we come in reducing health disparities? : progress since 2000 : workshop summary / Karen M. Anderson, rapporteur ; Roundtable on the Promotion of Health Equity and the Elimination of Health Disparities, Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice, Institute of Medicine of the National Academies.

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Strategies for ensuring diversity, inclusion, and meaningful participation in clinical trials : proceedings of a workshop / Karen M. Anderson and Steve Olson, rapporteurs ; Roundtable on the Promotion of Health Equity and the Elimination of Health Disparities, Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice, Health and Medicine Division ; the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, Medicine.

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