HIMSS Analytics announced that Moanalua Medical Center, a Kaiser Permanente hospital in Honolulu, Hawaii, has received its Stage 7 Award. The award represents attainment of the highest level on the Electronic Medical Records Adoption Model (EMRAM), which is used to track EMR progress at hospitals and health systems. HIMSS Analytics developed the EMR Adoption Model [...]
Kaiser Permanente Moanalua Medical Center Achieves Stage 7 Award
January 27, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Kaiser Permanente releases mobile app for Android Devices providing secure access to health records
January 24, 2012 By 2 Comments
Kaiser Permanente has launched an Android mobile app that will allow 9 million Kaiser Permanente patients to access their own medical information anywhere in the world on mobile devices through Android mobile devices. They plan on introducing an iPhone app in the coming months. The app will provide Kaiser Permanente patients with 24/7 access to [...]
Kaiser Permanente Wins Four eHealthcare Leadership Awards
December 8, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Kaiser Permanente recently received one of the first eHealthcare Organizational Commitment awards for its use of the Internet and technology to support its commitment to total health. The health care organization provides easy and convenient online tools and information to help members choose a health plan that meets their individual needs and then manage their [...]
Kaiser Permanente Named No. 1 Green-IT Organization by Computerworld
October 24, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Kaiser Permanente announced today that it ranks No.1 on IDG’s Computerworld magazine Top 12 List of Green-IT Organizations for 2011, a ranking that considers applicants from many industries. Kaiser Permanente was the only national health care provider to receive this rating and is recognized for its implementation of green IT practices that reduce waste, carbon [...]
2011 HIMSS Davies Awards Winners – 6 Organizations Delivering Quality and Improved Patient Care
September 13, 2011 By Leave a Comment
The six winners of the 2011 HIMSS Davies Awards deliver quality and consistent care to the patients and populations they serve with information technology – specifically the electronic health record. These healthcare leaders, winners of the HIMSS Davies Awards of Excellence, appear below in the four award categories: organizational, ambulatory, community health organization and public [...]
Kaiser Permanente Launches Mobile App to Make Finding Care Facilities Easy and Convenient
July 26, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Kaiser Permanente announced today the launch of its first mobile application, KP Locator. The app, available at no charge through the iPhone App Store, is just one element of Kaiser Permanente’s growing mobile strategy, which also includes the optimization of My Health Manager, Kaiser Permanente’s integrated personal health record on kp.org, for mobile devices later this [...]
Kaiser Outlines Audit Results Detailing Green Benefits of Electronic Medical Records
May 4, 2011 By Leave a Comment
An analysis by Kaiser Permanente shows that use of health information technology can dramatically reduce greenhouse gas emissions and produce other important environmental savings. The study, published in the May issue of Health Affairs, estimates that electronic health records could lower carbon dioxide emissions by as much as 1.7 million tons across the entire U.S. population. [...]
Kaiser Permanente Honored for Electronic Health Record Implementation
February 22, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Big thanks to Kaiser Permanente for sponsoring the press room at HIMSS11. The food and drink are much appreciated. Kaiser Permanente, the nation’s leading health care provider and not-for-profit health plan, continues to lead the nation in the number of Stage 7 Awards from the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society. The Stage 7 Award [...]
Study Finds Medical Device Registries Enhance Patient Safety & Quality of Care Research Based on Nation’s Largest Implant Registry
December 2, 2010 By Leave a Comment
A detailed and standardized national registry of commonly used joint replacement devices would improve patient outcomes and create clinical and financial efficiencies, according to a Kaiser Permanente research study of 85,000 joint surgeries published in the November issue of the Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery. Information on the more than 600,000 total knee and hip [...]
Kaiser Permanente Opens Access to Internal Medical Terminology to Help Others Meet U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Goals for Better Use of Health Information Technology
September 29, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Kaiser Permanente today announced it is donating its Convergent Medical Terminology (CMT) to the International Healthcare Terminology Standards Development Organisation (IHTSDO©) for U.S. distribution through the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) so that all health care providers–large and small–can benefit from the translation-enabling technology. This donation makes the results of years of [...]
