There are hospital rounds, and there are round hospitals.

The 1960s represented a bold step in medical office architecture around the United States toward circular designs to improve care flow.

Early nation-wide health care quality assessments and evaluations became inefficient, leading Dr. Sam Sapin to pioneer a new program.

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.

When Rong Fang had a life-threatening heart attack, specialists at 2 Kaiser Permanente hospitals partnered to return him to health.

When a stroke happens, minutes matter, and Kaiser Permanente treats strokes with clot-busting medication more than twice as fast as the national average.

Transitioning to electronic health records introduced new approaches, skills, and understandings of patient records, improving the care experience.

A collection of vintage photos that chronicle the evolution of Oakland Medical Center campus.

Dr. Leonard Rubin and Sam Sapin pioneered and piloted new quality assessment methods, creating the foundation for assessing today's quality of care.

Dr. Cecil Cutting, executive director of The Permanente Medical Group from 1957 to 1976, reflects on Kaiser Permanente's impact and future of health care.

Santa Clara Medical Center hosted a solar panel project in 1979 to demonstrate the promise of solar energy to heat water.

Model neighborhoods close to jobs and laid out with meandering lanes and few busy cross streets.

For a former military physician who had played football at UCLA, perhaps being tackled by a potentially fatal disease revealed his bravery best.

From coordinating community groups to the World War II home front, Millie Cutting's resilience overcame the health plan’s early challenges.

Kaiser Permanente invited Rachel Carson to speak after she published "Silent Spring," leading the organization toward sustainable decisions in health care planning.

In the 1960s, Harold Willson successfully advocated for the historically overlooked needs of people with disabilities on public transportation.

The first Kaiser Permanente website launched in 1996, creating a new way for members and patients to monitor their health and wellness.

Henry J. Kaiser and Howard Darrin collaborated on producing and designing the Kaiser-Darrin cars, one of America's first sports cars.

Kaiser Permanente's Division of Research has conducted pioneering health and medical research using emerging technology since 1961.

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Submit a medical request online, or find information about how to request medical care from Kaiser Permanente.

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Kaiser-Frazer automobiles pioneered and embraced safety engineering designs for affordable cars after World War II.