About Kaiser Permanente
In the desert, a new kind of health care begins to grow...
Kaiser Permanente began at the height of the Great Depression with
a single inventive young surgeon and a 12-bed hospital in the middle
of the Mojave desert. When Sidney R. Garfield, MD, saw the thousands
of men involved in building the Los Angeles Aqueduct, he also saw
something else... (for more follow this link History
of Kaiser Permanente)
Out of the vision of people such as Dr. Sidney Garfield, Henry Kaiser and Harold Hatch was born Kaiser Permanente, a brand new kind of health care organization that revolutionized the way medicine was delivered to the world. At Kaiser Permanente's Northern California Residency Programs, we strive to train residents with superior clinical skills, indepth knowledge of their field, leadership, and compassion.
Academic Excellence
Kaiser Permanente has over 55 years of experience training medical students
and residents and conducting clinical research. As a leader in quality
health care, Kaiser Permanente focuses on teaching and research that
improves the practice of medicine and achieves quality outcomes.
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Integrated Health Care
Kaiser Permanente's hallmark is its integrated system of health
care - primary care, specialties, nurses, hospitals, pharmacies, labs,
support functions, and health plan - all working as a coherent whole.
The effectiveness of Kaiser Permanente's integrated system lies in
our ability to provide efficient, high-quality, evidence-based care
while supporting innovation and continuous quality improvement.
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Serving Our Community
Kaiser Permanente is a non-profit organization committed to serving
the needs of our health plan members and the communities in which
we operate, rather than the needs of shareholders. 97% of every premium
dollar goes directly into patient care, equipment and infrastructure,
and research.
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Leaders in Quality Care
Kaiser Permanente consistently receives high ratings in quality
and service by impartial external surveys. We have unparalleled achievements
in disease prevention and high-quality chronic disease management.
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Career Opportunities for Outstanding Physicians
Many of our graduating residents remain with Kaiser Permanente.
We are the largest single employer of physicians in California and
one of the few health care organizations that is confident about its
long-term stability and success. Our focus is on the quality of our
physician staff and the long-term investments needed to provide quality
care for our members.
Sea of Stability (pdf) , Our
Graduates
For a look at the career opportunities available at our Kaiser Permanente
Medical Groups:
Career Opportunites at Kaiser
Permanente
Advancements in Healthcare for the 21st Century
Kaiser Permanente is a leader in modern healthcare, from our revolutionary Health Connect initiative which brings together totally electronic medical records, to our commitment to furthering the study of medicine by our Department of Research. Kaiser Permanente continues to set a standard of excellence that other health management organizations strive to match.
21st Century Medicine