Kaiser Permanente’s Historic Role in Rehabilitation Medicine

Published April 15, 2014

Kaiser Permanente’s Historic Role in Rehabilitation Medicine — Henry Kaiser’s known for many things. Now add to them this: philanthropic prime mover in helping establish the field of rehabilitation medicine. That’s the w…

Wounded by the Language of War
The bellicose wording “reflects some of the death-denying and death-defying feelings we find in our culture,” said Dr. Daniel Johnson, a palliative-care physician in Denver who directs the Kaiser Permanente Care Management Institute. “Society sees …
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Physical activity associated with lower rates of hospital readmission in …
Researchers examined the electronic health records of 6,042 Kaiser Permanente patients in Southern California who were 40 years or older and who were hospitalized with COPD between Jan. 1, 2011 and Dec. 31, 2012. As part of Kaiser … According to a …
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