Kaiser Permanente’s co-founding physician spread prepaid care and the idea that doctors should help keep people healthy — not just treat them when they’re sick.
The last published work of Morris F. Collen, MD, one of Kaiser Permanente’s original founding physicians, was published almost exactly a year after his death at age 100.
Kaiser was a major figure in the construction, engineering, and shipbuilding industries. In co-founding Kaiser Permanente, he helped transform American health care systems and care delivery.