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Unlike many California-based Kaiser facilities, the Westside Medical Center has a brick-and-glass exterior, and a more extensive waterproofing system underground. [20] The hospital opened with 126 hospital beds in a 280,000-square-foot (26,000 m 2) building, but is planned to expand to 174 beds inside a 728,400-square-foot (67,670 m 2) facility ...
Kaiser Permanente (/ ˈ k aɪ z ər p ɜːr m ə ˈ n ɛ n t eɪ /; KP) is an American integrated managed care consortium headquartered in Oakland, California.Founded in 1945 by industrialist Henry J. Kaiser and physician Sidney R. Garfield, the organization was initially established to provide medical services at Kaiser's shipyards, steel mills and other facilities, before being opened to the ...
Closing obstetric departments is a nationwide trend, contributing to America's high maternal mortality rate. California's rate of closures is higher than other states'.
Williams notes that hospitals with labor and delivery units often do more for expectant moms than just deliver their babies. "Hospitals also provide necessary education and support," she says ...
Kaiser Permanente appeared headed for a labor clash with 75,000 of its healthcare workers as union leaders said contract talks had stalled on Tuesday, leaving the two sides hours away from a ...
[1] [2] The Alliance is one of two union federations that are part of the largest and longest running Labor Management Partnership in the U.S. [3] [4] [5] In 2021, more than 40,000 Alliance members were on the verge of the largest open-ended healthcare strike over concerns of short staffing and a two-tier wage system proposed by KP.
A 2012 Cochrane review compared traditional hospital births with alternative, home-like settings in or near conventional hospital labor wards. In comparison with traditional hospital wards, home-like settings had a trend towards an increase in spontaneous vaginal birth, continued breastfeeding at six to eight weeks, and a positive view of care. [5]
The Oakland Medical Center was the first of the Kaiser Permanente hospitals, and opened in 1942 as a result of the acquisition of the Fabiola charity hospital (which operated from 1887 to 1932 before being sold to Samuel Merritt Hospital) by the Permanente Foundation, founded by industrialist Henry J. Kaiser and physician Sidney Garfield. [1]