Kaiser Permanente News

John August , executive director of the Coalition of Kaiser Permanente Unions, is stepping down this summer, Kasier officials confirmed Thursday.

Two years ago, Kaiser Permanente, the Oakland-based healthcare giant, announced plans to establish a medical facility in Potrero Hill.

Kaiser Permanente had a generally healthy first-quarter financial checkup, posting $13.3 billion in operating revenue and $765 million in Q1 profits.

Kathy Scheirman, Kaiser Permanente's senior vice president and business information officer, corporate services, was named one of Computerworld magazine's 2013 Premier 100 IT Leaders .

With a groundbreaking ceremony last week, East Bay Regional Park District officially started work on a key new section of the Iron Horse Regional Trail in Pleasanton.

A bill aimed at increasing accountability and charity care provided by California's nonprofit hospitals has gained the support of the City Council.

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Oakland schools got an $11.7 million infusion of funds Friday from Kaiser Permanente to support school-based health centers as well as other programs to support at-risk kids.

Officials from SEIU-United Healthcare Workers West downplayed any threat posed by the National Union of Healthcare Workers before defeating their upstart rival a second time for the right to represent the 45,000 healthcare workers at Kaiser Permanente in California.

Inside the federal building in Oakland, representatives from the National Labor Relations Board and two rival unions were checking ballot envelopes and discussing challenges Wednesday as they prepare to count thousands of ballots that will decide what union represents more than 45,500 workers at Kaiser Permanente.

After observing and writing about CEOs who do not leverage their CIOs to propel their organizations forward , it was very refreshing to learn about the great CEO/CIO partnership at Kaiser Permanente at this year's World Health Congress held in Maryland.

In July 1907, the first great breakthrough in medical IT took place at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn.: the paper medical record, dropped into a paper folder and stored in a file cabinet.

Jamba Juice Company the leading healthy, active lifestyle brand, will be honored on May 4th as Corporate Citizen of the Year 2013 by the Bay Area Leadership Foundation during the organization's 12th annual black tie benefit.

Four research centers will develop high-impact culturally tailored interventions aimed at lowering stroke risk among racial and ethnic minorities in the United States.

Vote counting starts Wednesday in a long-awaited election rerun between two health care unions battling to represent 45,500 workers at Kaiser Permanente, including more than 4,000 in the Sacramento region.

If you want to explain to people in other industries exactly what you do and why it's so interesting and challenging, Phil Fasano has written a book for you to give them.

Extracts of saw palmetto berry used at doses of up to 960 mg daily appear to be safe over an 18-month period, according to a study published in the April issue of The Journal of Urology .

The Community Child Care Council of Alameda County will be hosting its 40th Anniversary Gala on Saturday, May 4 at 6 p.m. The organization will present awards to Michael A. LeNoir, M.D., president-elect of the National Medical Association; George Halvorson, president and CEO of Kaiser Permanente; Kristina Adams, president-elect of the California ... (more)

Even as Kaiser Permanente employees vote on which of two unions they want representing them, accusations are flying between one union's officials and Kaiser management.