Addressing housing affordability and health
Safe, stable housing is essential to a person’s health. Kaiser Permanente recently increased our financial commitment to affordable housing and…
Community Drivers of Health: Policy Paper Series
Economic and social conditions influence health A new series of policy papers offers some of the most comprehensive analyses to…
Housing for health Covid-19 response
Supporting safe, stable housing during the Covid-19 pandemic. This brief details how Kaiser Permanente accelerated efforts to increase affordable housing,…
Addressing racial disparities in health care delivery (Part 2)
With COVID-19 cases still high and the Biden-Harris administration newly in place, it has never been more important to acknowledge…
Building a bigger table for a more equitable drug development system
On December 7, 2020, the Kaiser Permanente Institute for Health Policy hosted the first of a 2-part virtual forum examining…
Delivering high-quality, equitable maternal care: Lessons from the nation’s largest private integrated care delivery organization
Over the past year, National Public Radio has been reporting on the high rates of maternal mortality in the U.S.…
The heart of the matter: Identifying person-centered solutions at the intersection of the mental health and criminal justice systems
While browsing the aisles of my local supermarket recently, I ran into a friend and former colleague (let’s call him…
Opportunities for improvement: Behavioral health supports & the child welfare system
From 2012 to 2016, our nation’s child welfare system has seen its population grow by 10 percent, from around 398,000 to 438,000 children. By Peter Edelman, Faculty Director, Georgetown Center on Poverty and Inequality.
A perilous 2020 U.S. Census: Why the count counts
Obtaining an accurate count of 330 million U.S. residents is a daunting task. By Lucy A. Savitz, PhD, MBA, Vice President of Research for Kaiser Permanente and Director of the Kaiser Permanente’s Center for Health Research.
E-health equality for all: Kaiser Permanente’s efforts to identify and address digital health disparities
Technology and communications that support health care delivery empower people to take an active role in their care. “It’s shifting…
