How was Kaiser Permanente founded?

And so, Dr. Garfield and his innovative health care delivery system came to the San Francisco Bay Area, and formed the association with Kaiser that would imbed itself in the organization and continue until the present day. read more

Kaiser Permanente evolved from industrial health care programs for construction, shipyard, and steel mill workers for the Kaiser industrial companies during the late 1930s and 1940s. read more

Kaiser Permanente. Kaiser Permanente (/ˈkaɪzər pɜːrməˈnɛnteɪ/ – (KP)) is an integrated managed care consortium, based in Oakland, California, United States, founded in 1945 by industrialist Henry J. Kaiser and physician Sidney Garfield. read more

Kaiser was founded by Henry Kaiser during the building of the Hoover Dam for the workers and their families. The name Permanente was added years later and was from a creek in California. read more