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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 ...
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]
Kaiser Permanente broke ground on their Sunset Medical Office on 50 acres (20 ha) in what was then unincorporated Washington County in August 1986. [1] [2] The facility, a 41,000-square-foot (3,800 m 2) two-story brick building designed by Zimmer Gunsul Frasca Partnership, was built at a cost of $5.2 million and opened in 1987.
It is now known as the "French Campus" of Kaiser Permanente. [9] [10] St. Mary’s Hospital opened in San Francisco in 1857, on Rincon Hill at the northwest corner of 1st and Bryant Streets, not the French Hospital. [11] "Rincon Hill was really dubbed "Nob Hill" first, on account of the Nabobs, but of course they went over to Nob Hill" [12]
The Kaiser Family Foundation was initially a major owner of these shares: at the time of dissolution, the foundation owned 32 percent, according to Fortune Magazine. [25] By 1985, the foundation no longer had an ownership stake in the Kaiser companies and is no longer associated with Kaiser Permanente or Kaiser Industries. [26]
Kaiser Richmond Medical Center is a large Kaiser Permanente hospital in downtown Richmond, California which serves 77,000 members registered under its medical plans. [1] It opened in 1995 replacing the historic 1942 Richmond Field Hospital that serviced Liberty shipyard workers and thus gave birth to the HMO .
In 2012 the hospital expanded its neurosurgery department, a service previously offered only in the core of the San Francisco Bay Area and Sacramento. [2] A new helipad was also installed in 2012, serving the emergency department. [3]
Kaiser San Jose Medical Center, also known as Kaiser Santa Teresa, is a Kaiser Permanente hospital in San Jose, California, located in the Santa Teresa district of South San Jose. Kaiser San Jose has been ranked within the top 50 best hospitals in the United States by Healthgrades in 2019, 2020, and 2021.