Kaiser Permanente Deimys D Vigil NRS 451V Mrs. Hathcock Kaiser Permanente Kaiser Permanente is a large nonprofit integrated healthcare plan. This organization serves a tremendous amount of patients all over the United States with more than 38 hospitals and more than 600 medical offices. They offer medical care from chronic care visits to deliveries and prescription refills ("Who We Are - Kaiser Permanente," n.d.) Kaiser Permanente conducts campaigns to spread their care knowledge to others. They
Executive Summary Kaiser Permanente Southern California is a not-profit healthcare organization committed to providing quality healthcare to patients. Their mission has been focused on providing affordable health care for its community as well as making improvements in their quality of care, research, nursing education and has been renowned for adapting an informational system. As a managed care organization Kaiser Permanente has served as a model for informational healthcare
Kaiser Permanente Risk Management Executive Summary Organization Description Kaiser Permanente (KP) is the nation’s largest integrated health care delivery system. KP serves nine states and over nine million members, with an annual operating revenue in 2013 of 53.1 billion. KP is a leader in quality improvement efforts in the health care industry through participation in studies performed by the National Committee on Quality Assurance (NCQA), The Joint Commission (TJC) accreditations, and the
INTRODUCTION The entire concept of diabetes is about living on the edge of trouble. While Type 1 Diabetes is a biological condition associated with a fundamental flaw in the way one's body produces or reacts to insulin a substance that controls and monitors sugar in the blood and cells Type 2 Diabetes is a social and cultural condition. Those most likely groups of people to have to live with it are persons of non-white nationalities (increasingly Hispanics and Asians) who live at or below the US
pioneered the use of IV saline infusion during the cholera epidemic and in the 20th century, two world wars established a role for IV therapy as routine medical practice (Dychter et al., 2012). This paper will discuss the policy on IV tubing of Kaiser Permanente – San Jose and determine if the policy is congruent to the current evidence based practice. Importance of Evidence Based Practice Evidenced-based practice (EBP) is defined as a “problem-solving approach to patient care that integrates the best
The One-Stop Shop: A Kaiser Permanente Case Study Review Established in the 1930s by Henry J. Kaiser and Dr. Sidney as a health care program for construction, shipyard, and steel mill employees, in 1945 Kaiser Permanente (KP) opened enrollment to the public (Our History, 2016). Despite many challenges and setbacks, KP has grown to become one of the largest leading healthcare providers (SPEC Associates, 2011; "Labor Management," n.d.). However, is KP ready to meet the health care needs of citizens
continues to burden the healthcare industry. According to the reports made by Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC, 2012), medical costs associated with obesity were estimated at $147 billion in 2008. Presently in the United States, two-thirds of adult population and approximately one in three children are fighting issue of being overweight or obese (Troy, Capretta, O’Grady, 2012). Obesity leads to chronic health diseases such as diabetes, hypertension, and other heart problems such as breast
The use of intravenous therapy in the hospitals is now considered a routine therapy. In 2016, DeVries and Valentine stated that 70% to 80% of hospital patients have peripheral intravenous lines at some time during their stay. A peripheral intravenous (PIV) line is a small hollow tube (catheter) that is inserted into a vein and can be connected to special tubing. PIV line is commonly used to administer medications or fluids directly into the vein. The article “Intravenous Therapy: A Review of Complications
on site gym or employee discount at a gym, smoking cessation, stress reduction programs, weight control and healthy diet. (Churchill, Gilliespie, Herbold, 2014). ). The Center for Disease Control and Prevention in 2008 estimated that the medical cost of chronic disease was 75% of all the health care cost, the cost for obesity was $147 billion and cigarette smoking another risk factor for chronic disease cost $ 193 billion (Churchill, Gilliespie, Herbold, 2014).Some employees due to long hours at work
in this particular population. For this reason, a physical therapist [PT] that earned a doctorate title is “oftentimes viewed as nutritional experts or role models” (Fair, 2011, p. 67). The PT plays a role to advocate for health promotion, disease prevention and wellness. They can often be educator providing “evidence-based educational resources on nutrition”, distribution of food intake patterns, and education framework on healthier food options (Morris, Kitchin, & Clark, 2009, p.414). By the