PASADENA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Southern California Permanente Medical Group has been awarded the 2016 Excellence in Healthcare Award from the Integrated Healthcare Association (IHA) for top performance on clinical quality, patient experience and cost measures.
Of the 200-plus physician organizations participating in California, only thirty-four physician organizations attained the Excellence in Healthcare Award performance standards for 2016, and of those, twenty-four represented Permanente Medical Groups.
“Our physicians, nurses and other providers care deeply about our patients’ health,” said Edward M. Ellison, MD, executive medical director of the Southern California Permanente Medical Group. “Our culture of prevention and partnership — listening to patients and working with them to achieve total health — helps us deliver better outcomes. Sophisticated and innovative screening systems catch disease early and save lives. We congratulate our highly skilled, compassionate physicians and staff on the receipt of this well-deserved award.”
The entire Southern California Permanente Medical Group (SCPMG) was recognized throughout the Kaiser Permanente Southern California region, including the following twelve areas: Baldwin Park, Downey, Fontana/Ontario, Kern County, Los Angeles, Orange (Anaheim/Irvine), Panorama City/Antelope Valley, Riverside/Coachella, San Diego, South Bay, West Los Angeles, and Woodland Hills/Ventura.
SCPMG has 6,756 partner physicians and provides medical care to 4.2 million Kaiser Permanente members from Kern County to San Diego County.
“Through the Excellence in Healthcare Award, we recognize physician organizations that are making a real difference in their communities and in their patients’ lives every day through their commitment to high-quality, affordable, patient-centered care,” said IHA President and CEO Jeffrey Rideout, MD. The award was presented at IHA’s Annual Stakeholder Meeting today. This marks the third year of the Excellence in Healthcare Award which has been a deliberate step toward value recognition following eleven years of IHA’s successful pay for performance awards based on quality and patient experience.
About Kaiser Permanente Southern California
Kaiser Permanente is committed to helping shape the future of health care. We are recognized as one of America’s leading health care providers and not-for-profit health plans. Founded in 1945, our mission is to provide high quality, affordable health care services to improve the health of our members and the communities we serve. We currently serve more than 4.2 million members in Southern California. Care for members and patients is focused on their total health and guided by their personal physicians, specialists and team of caregivers. Our expert and caring medical teams are empowered and supported by industry-leading technology advances and tools for health promotion, disease prevention, state-of-the-art care delivery and world-class chronic disease management. Kaiser Permanente is dedicated to care innovations, clinical research, health education and the support of community health. For more information follow us on twitter; @KPSCALNews or go to: http://share.kp.org/scal.
