Issue Area

November 2009 How Can Medicare Lead Delivery System Reform? Francis J. Crosson, MD, Stuart Guterman, Nancy Taylor, MBA, Rashell Young, MBA, MPH, and Laura Tollen, MPH, The Commonwealth Fund Issue Brief Health Care Infrastructure
October 2009 21st-Century Health Care - The Case for Integrated Delivery Systems Francis J. Crosson, MD, New England Journal of Medicine Health Care Infrastructure

June 2009 The Only Health Plan We Need David Riemer and Alain Enthoven, New York Times Health Care Infrastructure  

June 2009 Addressing Health Care Market Reform Through an Insurance Exchange: Essential Policy Components, the Public Plan Option, and Other Issues to Consider Murray Ross, Paul Fronstin, EBRI Issue Brief Health Care Infrastructure  
April 2009 Change the Microenvironment Francis J. Crosson, Commonwealth Fund Commentary Health Care Infrastructure

January 2009 Patient-Centered Care and the Health Care Reform Agenda - A Roundtable Discussion Paul Wallace, Cindy Ehnes, David Lansky, Ruth Liu, Thomas Lorentzen, Tom Rundall, Josh Seidman, Wells Shoemaker, Kaiser Permanente Institute for Health Policy, Oakland, CA. Health Care Infrastructure
December 2008 Integrated Personal Health Records: Transformative Tools for Consumer-Centric Care
Don Detmer, Meryl Bloomrosen, Brian Raymond and Paul Tang, BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making Health Care Infrastructure  
October 2008 Hospital-Physician Collaboration: Landscape of Economic Integration and Impact on Clinical Integration (Commissioned by KPIHP) Lawton Robert Burns and Ralph W. Muller, University of Pennsylvania Health Care Infrastructure
August 2008 "In Focus" brief: Kaiser Permanente HealthConnect™ – Lessons from the
Research Literature
Brian Raymond, Kaiser Permanente Institute for Health Policy, Oakland, CA Health Care Infrastructure  
April 2008 Physician Organization in Relation to Quality and Efficiency of Care: A Synthesis of Recent Literature Laura Tollen, The Commonwealth Fund Report Health Care Infrastructure  
April 2008 Preparing For The PHR Brian Raymond, Healthcare Informatics, Web-First Article Health Care Infrastructure  
April 2008 A Conversation with David Bates, MD, MSc, Chairman of the American Medical Informatics Association Brian Raymond, The Permanente Journal, Vol. 12 No. 2 Health Care Infrastructure  
January 2008 "In Focus" brief:
Improving Health Care Systemness
Laura Tollen, Kaiser Permanente Institute for Health Policy, Oakland, CA Health Care Infrastructure  
Sep/Oct 2007 Redefining Health Care’:
Medical Homes Or
Archipelagos To Navigate?
Alain Enthoven, Francis J. Crosson, Stephen M. Shortell Health Care Infrastructure
Summer 2007 Why Now is the Time to Enact Healthcare Reform George C. Halvorson, The Permanente Journal, Volume 11, Number 3 Health Care Infrastructure
May 2007 "In Focus" brief: Realizing the Transformative Potential of Personal Health Records Brian Raymond, Kaiser Permanente Institute for Health Policy, Oakland, CA Health Care Infrastructure  
November 2006 Personal Health Records and Electronic Health Records: Navigating the Intersections Brian Raymond, Kaiser Permanente Institute for Health Policy, Oakland, CA Health Care Infrastructure  
January 2005 The Kaiser Permanente IT Transformation Brian Raymond, Healthcare Financial Management Magazine Health Care Infrastructure  
Winter 2004 Making the Business Case for Hospital Information Systems - A Kaiser Permanente Investment Decision Terhilda Garrido, Brian Raymond, Laura Jamieson, Louise Liang, and Andrew Wiesenthal, Journal of Health Care Finance, Volume 31, Number 2 Health Care Infrastructure  
Fall 2004 Entering the Decade of Health Information Technology Brian Raymond, MPH, The Permanente Journal, Volume 8, Number 4 Health Care Infrastructure  
Fall 2004 KP HealthConnect as a Transformational Tool Allan Weiland, MD, The Permanente Journal, Volume 8, Number 4 Health Care Infrastructure
Fall 2004 Reengineering Care with KP HealthConnect George C. Halvorson, The Permanente Journal, Volume 8, Number 4 Health Care Infrastructure
July 2004 Issue Brief: Summary of the Evidence of Clinical IT Benefits Kaiser Permanente Institute for Health Policy, Oakland, CA Health Care Infrastructure  
Winter 2003 Fulfilling the Potential of Clinical Information Systems Robert M. Crane and Brian Raymond, The Permanente Journal, Volume 7, No.1 Health Care Infrastructure  
February 2002 Clinical Information Systems: Achieving the Vision Brian Raymond and Cynthia Dold, Kaiser Permanente Institute for Health Policy, Oakland, CA Health Care Infrastructure  
September 2007 "In Focus" brief: The Power of Partnerships: Lessons from Outreach for the Part D Low-Income Subsidy Program
Kate Meyers, Kaiser Permanente Institute for Health Policy, Oakland, CA Health Care Quality and Efficiency  
December 12, 2006 A Proposal to Cover the Uninsured in California George C. Halvorson, Francis J. Crosson, Steve Zatkin,
Health Affairs
Health Insurance Markets
September 2006 The Power of Consumer Choice Laura A. Tollen and Jon Stewart
Kaiser Permanente Institute for Health Policy, Oakland, CA
Health Insurance Markets  
Nov./Dec.
2005
Competition And New Technology Mark V. Pauly, Health Affairs, Vol 24, Issue 6, 1523-1535 Health Insurance Markets
Nov./Dec.
2005
Competition In Health Care: Its Evolution Over The Past Decade Paul B. Ginsburg, Health Affairs, Vol 24, Issue 6, 1512-1522 Health Insurance Markets
October 24, 2006 Consumer-Directed Health Care: It's Not Whether The Glass Is Half-Empty, But Why Murray N. Ross, Health Affairs, Web Exclusive: w522 - w554 Health Insurance Markets
Nov./Dec.
2005
Consumer-Driven Health Care: Just A Tweak Or A Revolution? Greg Scandlen, Health Affairs, Vol 24, Issue 6, 1554-1558 Health Insurance Markets
Nov./Dec.
2005
Coordinated Agency Versus Autonomous Consumers In Health Services Markets Bryan E. Dowd, Health Affairs, Vol 24, Issue 6, 1501-1511 Health Insurance Markets
Nov./Dec.
2005
The Delivery System Matters Francis J. Crosson, Health Affairs, Vol 24, Issue 6, 1543-1548 Health Insurance Markets
Nov./Dec.
2005
Managed Consumerism In Health Care James C. Robinson, Health Affairs, Vol 24, Issue 6, 1478-1489 Health Insurance Markets
Nov./Dec.
2005
Reviving Managed Care With Health Savings Accounts Mark A. Hall and Clark C. Havighurst, Health Affairs, Vol 24, Issue 6, 1490-1500 Health Insurance Markets
Nov./Dec.
2005
Which Way For Competition? None Of The Above Robert A. Berenson, Health Affairs, Vol 24, Issue 6, 1536-1542 Health Insurance Markets
Nov./Dec.
2005
Why Employers Need To Rethink How They Buy Health Care Robert S. Galvin and Suzanne Delbanco, Health Affairs, Vol 24, Issue 6, 1549-1553 Health Insurance Markets
September 7, 2005 Competition in Health Care: It Takes Systems to Pursue Quality and Efficiency Alain C. Enthoven and Laura A. Tollen, Health Affairs Web Exclusive, W5-420 – W5-433 Health Insurance Markets  
March 2005 Healthcare Tipping Points George C. Halvorson, Healthcare Financial Management Magazine Health Insurance Markets
August 2004 Current MSA Theory: Well-Meaning but Futile G. Halvorson, Health Services Research 39 no.4, Part II:1119-22 Health Insurance Markets
August 2004 Risk Segmentation Related to the Offering of a Consumer-Directed Health Plan Laura A. Tollen, M.N. Ross, and S. Poor, Health Services Research 39, no.4, Part II Health Insurance Markets  
2003 The Rise and Fall of a Kaiser Permanente Expansion Region D. Gitterman, et al, Milbank Quarterly 81, no.4 Health Insurance Markets
March 2003 Nurse Staffing and Care Delivery Models: A Review of the Evidence Jennifer Neisner and Brian Raymond, Kaiser Permanente Institute for Health Policy, Oakland, CA Health Insurance Markets  
October 23, 2002 The Nongroup Market as One Element of a Broader Coverage-Expansion Strategy Laura A. Tollen, R.M. Crane, R. Liu, and S. Zatkin, Health Affairs Web Exclusive: W-383 – W-386 Health Insurance Markets  
June 19, 2002 How Low Can You Go? The Premium Impact of Reduced Benefits and Increased Cost Sharing J. Lee and Laura A. Tollen, Health Affairs Web Exclusive: W-229 – W-241. Health Insurance Markets  
April 2002 A Temporary Fix? Implications of the Move Away from Comprehensive Health Benefits Laura A. Tollen and R.M. Crane, EBRI Issue Brief #244, (Employee Benefit Research Institute) Health Insurance Markets  
March 20, 2002 Out of the Frying Pan and Into the Fire R.M. Crane and Laura A. Tollen, Health Affairs Web Exclusive: W-155 – W-159 Health Insurance Markets  
March 2001 The Role of Health Care Purchasing Pools in Improving the Functioning of the Small Group and Individual Markets Laura A. Tollen and R.M. Crane, Kaiser Permanente Institute for Health Policy, Oakland, CA Health Insurance Markets  
October 2000 Selected Data on Employer Health Insurance Coverage and the Uninsured Kaiser Permanente Institute for Health Policy, Oakland, CA Health Insurance Markets  
June 2000 Roundtable Report: Improving the Functioning of the Small Group and Individual Health Insurance Markets Laura Tollen, Kaiser Permanente Institute for Health Policy, Oakland, CA Health Insurance Markets  
November 2009 In Focus Brief: Sustainable Food Procurement and Agriculture Policy: Making the Case for Health Sector Engagement Based on Harvie J, Mikkelsen L, Shak L., “A New Healthcare Prevention Agenda?: Sustainable Food Procurement and Agricultural Policy,” a commissioned background paper for the Food Systems and Public Health Conference, Airlie Center, Warrenton, VA, April, 2009. Health Promotion  

November 2009 In Focus Brief: A Health Sector Guide to Food System and Agricultural Policy Based on Harvie J, Mikkelsen L, Shak L., “A New Healthcare Prevention Agenda?: Sustainable Food Procurement and Agricultural Policy,” a commissioned background paper for the Food Systems and Public Health Conference, Airlie Center, Warrenton, VA, April, 2009. Health Promotion  

Fall 2006 A Conversation with Marion Nestle: Straight Talk About Obesity, Nutrition, and Food Policy Jon Stewart, The Permanente Journal, Vol. 10 No. 3 Health Promotion  
January 2006 Childhood Obesity: An epidemic is gripping California and the Nation. How did we get here? What do we do now? Kaiser Permanente, UCLA, UCSF, Advertising Supplement to The New York Times Health Promotion
Fall 2003 Roundtable Summary: Prevention and Treatment of Overweight and Obesity: Toward a Roadmap for Advocacy and Action Brian Raymond and Cindy Moon, Kaiser Permanente Institute for Health Policy, Oakland, CA Health Promotion
 
August 2003 Background Paper on the Prevention and Treatment of Overweight and Obesity Jennifer Neisner, Trina Histon, Jackie Goeldner and Cindy Moon, Kaiser Permanente Institute for Health Policy, Oakland, CA Health Promotion
 
July 2009 Establishing a National Health Insurance Exchange Health Industry Forum Conference Report Improving Health Care Quality  
January 2008 Beyond Equal Care: How Health Systems Can Impact Racial and Ethnic Health Disparitiesicon Kate Meyers, The Permanente Journal, Volume 12, Number 1 Improving Health Care Quality  
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Winter 2009 From Our Lips To Whose Ears? Consumer Reaction to Our Current Health Care Dialect Murray Ross, Toyomi Igus, Sophia Gomez, The Permanente Journal, Volume 13, No. 1 Improving Health Care Quality  
October 2007 Meeting Summary: Funders' Role in Promoting Collaboration to Improve Equity for Children, Families, and Communities Kate Meyers, Kaiser Permanente Institute for Health Policy, Oakland, CA Improving Health Care Quality  
May 2007 Issue Brief: Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities
Highlights from "Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities: Influences, Actors, and Policy Opportunities,"
Kate Meyers, Kaiser Permanente Institute for Health Policy, Oakland, CA Improving Health Care Quality  
March 2007 Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities: Influences, Actors, and Policy Opportunities Kate Meyers, Kaiser Permanente Institute for Health Policy, Oakland, CA Improving Health Care Quality  
December 2006 Reducing Disparities: Goals, Roles, and Opportunities Kate Meyers, Kaiser Permanente Institute for Health Policy, Oakland, CA Improving Health Care Quality  
July 2005 Conference Summary: “The Health Care Purchaser's Toolbox: Strategies for Improving Quality and Affordability of Care Kaiser Permanente Institute for Health Policy, Oakland, CA Improving Health Care Quality  
2004 Toward a 21st Century Health System: The Contributions and Promise of Prepaid Group Practice Alain C. Enthoven and Laura A. Tollen, Jossey Bass, San Francisco, CA Improving Health Care Quality  
June 2004 Conference Summary: Delivery Systems Matter! Improving Quality and Efficiency in Health Care Kaiser Permanente Institute for Health Policy, Oakland, CA. Improving Health Care Quality  
April 2004 Background Paper: Could a quality index help us navigate the chasm? Jim Bellows and Michael P. Sullivan, Kaiser Permanente Care Management Institute, Oakland, CA Improving Health Care Quality
April 2004 Roundtable Summary: Facilitating Use of Clinical Quality Measures through Aggregation Kaiser Permanente Institute for Health Policy, Oakland, CA Improving Health Care Quality  
November 29, 2003 Hospital Bed Utilisation in the NHS, Kaiser Permanente, and the US Medicare Programme C. Ham, et al, British Medical Journal 327: 1257-1260 Improving Health Care Quality
October 2003 In Pursuit of Safety: Challenges, Progress and Policy Implications for the United States Patient Safety Movement Robert M. Crane, Brian Raymond and Jennifer Neisner, Kaiser Permanente Institute for Health Policy, Oakland, CA Improving Health Care Quality  
Summer, 2003 Issue Brief: Patient Safety, Just Compensation and Medical Liability Reform R. Bovbjerg and Brian Raymond, Kaiser Permanente Institute for Health Policy, Oakland, CA Improving Health Care Quality  
March 22, 2003 Kaiser Permanente: A Propensity for Partnership British Medical Journal 326: pg. 654 Improving Health Care Quality
January 2003 Patient Safety, Just Compensation and Medical Liability Reform R. Bovbjerg and Brian Raymond, Kaiser Permanente Institute for Health Policy, Oakland, CA Improving Health Care Quality  
January 19, 2002 Getting More for Their Dollar: A Comparison of the NHS with California’s Kaiser Permanente R. Feachem, et al, with commentary by Jennifer Dixon, Donald Berwick, and Alain C. Enthoven, British Medical Journal 324: 135-143 Improving Health Care Quality
April 2001 Design Considerations for a Patient Safety Improvement Reporting System Brian Raymond and Robert M. Crane, Kaiser Permanente Institute for Health Policy, Oakland, CA Improving Health Care Quality  
March 2001 Crossing the Quality Chasm Committee on Quality of Health Care in America, Institute of Medicine Improving Health Care Quality
September 11, 2000 Testimony before The National Summit on Medical Errors and Patient Safety Research Robert M. Crane, Kaiser Permanente Institute for Health Policy, Oakland, CA Improving Health Care Quality  
August 2000 Summary of Existing Patient Safety Reporting Systems   Improving Health Care Quality  
March/April 2000 Kaiser Permanete’s Prescription Drug Benefit S. Levine, et al, Health Affairs 19, no.2: 185-190. Improving Health Care Quality
March 2000 Reporting as a Means to Improve Patient Safety Brian Raymond, Kaiser Permanente Institute for Health Policy, Oakland, CA Improving Health Care Quality  
November 1999 To Err Is Human Linda T. Kohn, Janet M. Corrigan, and Molla S. Donaldson, Editors; Committee on Quality of Health Care in America, Institute of Medicine Improving Health Care Quality
Spring 2005 Toward More Rational Management of Medical Technology in the United States Weslie Kary, Kaiser Permanente Institute for Health Policy, Oakland, CA Innovations in Medicine  
Spring 2005 IHP Newsletter Kaiser Permanente Institute for Health Policy, Oakland, CA    
August 2009 The Transportation Prescription Judith Bell, PolicyLink, Larry Cohen, Prevention Institute    


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