May 25, 2013

Health care news

Preview: Weight of the Nation

A 90 second preview of the HBO series "Weight of the Nation." [ VIDEO 1 ]

Partnership Proves Its Value

02/23/2012 A national study of labor-management partnerships in four health care locations--including Kaiser Permanente's San Diego and San Rafael medical centers--shows the positive impact on patient care, affordability and labor relations. [ STORY ]

No More Games: An Interview With Robert Reich

10/01/2010 Former U.S. Secreatary of Labor Robert Reich, now a professor of public policy at UC Berkeley, talks about why he thinks some of the hardest elements of health care reform are still ahead of us. [ STORY ]

LMP Health Care Role Model, says MIT professor

08/21/2006 MIT management professor Thomas Kochan offered Kaiser Permanente as a role model for labor-management relations in health care in an article published in the Boston Globe [ STORY ]

KP Sponsors Summit on Health IT

05/09/2007 More than 100 health care Health care advocates, providers and policymakers gathered in Washington, D.C. to discuss electronic health information technology. [ STORY ]

Kaiser Permanente,Unions Join Forces on Health Care Reform

05/17/2007 Kaiser Permanente has joined the Partnership for Quality Care, a groundbreaking coalition of health care providers and unions that has come together to advocate for health care reform. [ STORY ]

New Health Care Institute at National Labor College

05/24/2007 KP and Coalition unions are funding a program focusing on health care policy at the AFL-CIO's National Labor College. [ STORY ]

Stanford Professor Lauds Colorado Medical Group Change Effort

05/30/2007 A Stanford business professor singles out the Colorado Permanente Medical Group organization that has achieved lasting and successful change. [ STORY ]

Helen Bevan: Applying social movement thinking to health care improvement and reform

04/18/2009 2009 Union Delegate Conference Materials [ STORY ]