Agency Report

Agency Report

Kaiser Permanente Agency

Kaiser Permanente is a health consortium located in Oakland, America. It was founded in the year 1945. The agency is holding 167,300 employees, 8.9 health plan members, 37 medical centers, 611 medical offices and 14,600 physicians. The Consortium comprises of three groups known as Kaiser Foundation Health Plan which also include its subsidiaries, Kaiser Foundation Hospitals and various Medical groups.

According to the data collected in 2009, the foundation operates in 9 states of America and is considered to be the largest health care organization in the United States of America. The physicians employed at the organization are responsible for making various medical decisions and they need to make sure that they come up with different possibilities and practices with continuous refinement and deliver it to the consumer in the most efficient manner. The purpose of this organization is to provide quality services to the members and the communities it serves. Mission Statement

The mission statement of Kaiser Permanente Agency is “To provide high quality and affordable healthcare services to all the members of the communities where the organization serves.”

Vision Statement

The mission statement of Kaiser Permanente Agency is “To be a role model in providing healthcare services in the entire nation by managing best healthcare practices in development of quality healthcare service providing places.”

Agency Commitment

The commitment of Kaiser Permanente Agency can be analyzed from its diversified workforce that is ready to serve people with best possible healthcare services. The progress of Kaiser Permanente Agency is mainly due to competitive organizational culture that encourages the workforce to take part in all the organizational activities in an effective way. More than 42% of the non-physician workforce working in Kaiser Permanente Agency belongs to ethnic minorities and almost 43% of the executive workforce is based on women (Dabelea et.al, 2005). The strong leadership and organizational culture has helped the agency in maintaining effective presence in the healthcare sector.

The agency understands the importance of best possible health care services. It works on continuous basis to provide high-quality services to its members; therefore it's on the verge of improving care services. The mission is to strive for becoming the leader in the industry and pave ways to make the lives of its members better and smooth (Enguidanos et.al, 2003).

For this, it evaluates its services and takes immediate steps to ensure that its members are served in the right manner. On the other hand, considering the importance of privacy and fraudulent matters, it makes sure that the privacy of all the members is locked and saved. The data collected at the end helps the agency in identifying loop holes and coming up with corrective actions (Brownlee & Lee, 2010). Considering the rising obesity problem in children and the threat posed by the issue, the agency is working on planning activities to improve the overall health conditions of the children in school by partnering with Safe Routes to School National Partnership for making the curricular in such a way that it also occupies ...