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The American College of Medical Practice Executives (ACMPE), established in 1956 [1], supports and promotes the personal and professional growth of leaders to advance the medical practice management profession and is the certification and standard-setting body of the Medical Group Management Association (MGMA) [2].
Kaiser Permanente (/ ˈ k aɪ z ər p ɜːr m ə ˈ n ɛ n t eɪ /; KP) is an American integrated managed care consortium headquartered in Oakland, California.Founded in 1945 by industrialist Henry J. Kaiser and physician Sidney R. Garfield, the organization was initially established to provide medical services at Kaiser's shipyards, steel mills and other facilities, before being opened to the ...
Kaiser Permanente announced its plan to start a medical school in December 2015. Kaiser Permanente's vision for the school is to redesign physician education around the themes of patient-centered care, population health, quality improvement, team-based care, and health equity. [4] Kaiser Permanente has long been involved in graduate medical ...
Some patient portal applications exist as stand-alone web sites and sell their services to healthcare providers. Other portal applications are integrated into the existing website of a healthcare provider. Still others are modules added onto an existing electronic medical record (EMR) system. What all of these services share is the ability of ...
Mercy Regional Medical Center is a general hospital in Durango, Colorado, in La Plata County. Originally established in 1882, the hospital has 82 beds. The hospital's current campus opened in June 2006. It is located east of downtown Durango in the city's Grandview neighborhood. [2] The hospital is a Level III trauma center. [1]
The Oakland Medical Center was the first of the Kaiser Permanente hospitals, and opened in 1942 as a result of the acquisition of the Fabiola charity hospital (which operated from 1887 to 1932 before being sold to Samuel Merritt Hospital) by the Permanente Foundation, founded by industrialist Henry J. Kaiser and physician Sidney Garfield. [1]
The organization was founded in 1975 [3] as the American Academy of Medical Directors in Alexandria, Virginia. The primary focus is encouraging physicians to assume more active roles in the leadership and management of organizations in the health care industry and helping physicians acquire leadership and management skills.
Saint Joseph Hospital was started when a handful of sisters, with $9 in their pockets, set forth from Leavenworth, Kansas to Denver, Colorado in order to care for the poor and ill. What became known as Sisters of Charity at Leavenworth (SCL) started with a small cottage, and then in September 1873, through donations and begging, opened the ...