accountability

As we travel throughout the Kaiser Permanente regions we always leave with a question still unanswered: What changes someone’s thinking?

Behind that question are a multitude of others:

By a resounding vote of 95% in favor, the 28 union locals that represent the 96,000 Kaiser Permanente employees who comprise the Coalition of Kaiser Permanente Unions have ratified the 2010 National Agreement. This unique, collectively bargained agreement goes into effect Oct. 1, 2010, and remains in effect until Sept.

With 79 unit-based teams, the Ohio region has made significant progress in becoming a high performance improvement organization. The challenge now, according to Belva Denmark-Tibbs, vice president of medical operations, is for all 79 UBTs to perform at the highest level. She recently caught up with LMP Senior VEEP Barb Grimm, and shared these thoughts.