Integrated Healthcare Association Awards ‘Excellence in Health Care’ Recognition to The Permanente Medical Group
TPMG received the 2016 Excellence in Healthcare Award from the Integrated Healthcare Association for top performance on clinical quality, patient experience and cost measures
KP Northern California Medicare and Commercial Health Plans receive top ratings from NCQA
Kaiser Permanente’s Medicare and commercial health care programs in Northern California received the highest ratings in 2016-17 from the National Committee for Quality Assurance, a national group that rates health organizations for consumer experience, prevention and treatment.
Kaiser Permanente San Francisco Medical Center | 100 Hospitals with Great Heart Programs 2016
Becker's Hospital Review named Kaiser Permanente San Francisco Medical Center to the 2016 edition of its list, "100 hospitals and health systems with great heart programs."
Why Your Heart Disease Risk May Not Be as High as You Think
Kaiser Permanente has found that a calculator predicting heart attack and stroke events overestimates the risk for adults. The Kaiser Permanente study was published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology
Overweight Colorectal Cancer Patients Have Higher Survival Rate
Overweight colorectal cancer patients were 55 percent less likely to die from their cancer than normal-weight patients who have the disease, according to a new Kaiser Permanente study published in JAMA Oncology.
Life Expectancy for People with HIV Continues to Improve
HIV used to be a death sentence. Now, thanks to combination antiretroviral therapy, those that have it are likely get other diseases.