Kaiser Permanente

The T.H.E. Clinic was started in 1974, by a group of volunteers in the medical field, whose goal was to bring accessible and quality health care to women and families, living in South Los Angeles, who had no health insurance. This mission statement of the facility is, “T.H.E. Health and Wellness Centers, Inc. improves the health and well-being of the Los Angeles communities we serve by providing excellent and affordable preventive, primary and behavioral health care, accessible to all.” And the…

that sets them in the mood. By expanding the information they will know everything they need to about their act of rebellion, making a more informed decision. “[A]s far as 16 year olds, 50% are sexually active,” Dr. Wibbelsman, pediatrician at Kaiser Permanente in San Francisco.(NPR) Most 16 year olds are sophomores in high school meaning they are picking from the same group over and over again. One in every four girls between the aged of 14 and 19 has or has had some type of STD. Those are the…

I walked into OHSU trembling with fear and clutching onto of my parents’ hands unwilling to let go. It felt like I was walking into the unknown, but in reality, I was walking into the cardiac surgery department for an open heart surgery. I was only four years old. I didn’t even know what a surgery meant! Although my parents and doctor tried to explain the surgery to me, I didn’t understand any of it. All I knew was I will be put to sleep and separated from my parents for hours. This fact alone…

inevitable that children will be impacted by these events and left with memories that may scar them for life. Child trauma does not only occur from natural disasters, it can also be from the parents. According to the CDC-Kaiser Permanente Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE) Study (CDC-Kaiser), with a sample of about 17,000 people, around two thirds of the participants had at least one Adverse Childhood Experience (ACE), which is defined as either being abused, having household challenges, or…

public and community health care that are significant to be successful in the Family Nurse Practitioner Program. I have been a registered nurse for five years now. Currently, I am working as a staff nurse in the Emergency Room Department at Kaiser Permanente in Downey. I am the first line of defense for patients coming into the ER experiencing respiratory or cardiac problem, accidents, trauma and allergic reactions etc. As an ER nurse, I need to have quick critical…

Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care (CTFPHC). Recommendations on screening for breast cancer in average-risk women aged 40-74 years. CMAJ. 2011 Nov 22; 183 (17): 1991-2001. 3. Kaiser Permanente Care Management Institute (KPCMI). Breast cancer screening clinical practice guideline. Oakland (CA): Kaiser Permanent Care Management Institute; 2010 Aug. 142p. B). Evaluation of the areas of agreement and difference 1. Areas of agreement: a). According to ACOG (2011), it is not…

The Insured stated based upon her symptoms of aortic dissection of having, sudden, constant chest pain and upper back pain, sometimes described as a “ripping” or “tearing” in her chest. She said the pain is caused by moving from one place to another coupled with the pain to her right hand and the left hip; she is feeling that these medical conditions are preventing her from living a normal life at home. This, in turn, is preventing her from returning to work, after her conditions began in March…

Employees must agree to refraining from befriending colleagues on any platforms of social media including the following: Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, Tumblr, Pinterest, Vine, or YouTube. By establishing a fine line between work and personal life decreases the chances of employees being unprofessional outside of a work environment. One of the step to our first solution will be to have a written policy regarding sexual harassment. This policy must contain the definition of sexual…

Zip code 95661 is located in the community of Roseville, the largest city in Placer County. It is located 20 miles east of Sacramento and was once considered a railroad town. In 2011, zip code 95661 had a recorded population of 30,730 people and covered an area of approximately 9.0 square miles. It has a population density of 3,414 people per square mile (City-Data, 2011). In comparison, zip code 95945 is located in Grass Valley, which is part of the Nevada County. The city of Grass Valley is…

with the local hospital to establish monthly premiums exchanged for medical services. (Zinner 2009). These principles were later built upon by Sidney Garfield who laid the platform for insurance based care leading to an establishment known as Kaiser Permanente in Oakland, California. Simultaneously one of the biggest medical insurance plan was built, known as Blue Cross. The fee for service and HMO plans that we know of today started to take form. The HMO’s started to take power ran by big for…