Kaiser Permanente Colorado

Snapshots of 50 YEARS in Health

640,000+ members

6,700+ employees

1,200+ physicians

1973

We sponsor Denver B-cycle, the first large-scale, citywide bike-sharing program in the U.S.

2018

$32 MILLIONis awarded to the IHR by

The National Cancer Institute to continue improving

cancer screening rates.

We celebrate:

2013Our Lone Tree Medical Offices, a multispecialty center, opens.

IHR research on the variability in opioid dose as a potential risk factor for opioid overdose is featured in the Journal of the American Medical Association.

We launch a rider for transgender benefits for large employers.

JULY 1, 1969

6 PHYSICIANS

50 PHYSICIANS

712 MEMBERS

50,000 MEMBERS

1979

1984 Our Educational Theatre Program

launches, eventually reaching more than 3.5 million Coloradans

over the next 35 years.

1985-1987 We open several medical and administrative offices including Southwest, Wheat Ridge, Boulder, Central Support, Englewood, Smoky Hill and Broomfield.

DOWNTOWN DENVER

COLORADOSPRINGS

Kaiser Permanente staff celebrate our 50,000th

member as Christmas 1973 approaches.

Over the past 15 years, Kaiser Permanente employees have volunteered hundreds of

hours at Colorado nonprofits as part of our Martin Luther King, Jr., Day of Service.

1992The Kaiser Permanente Colorado Research Department, now known as the Institute for Health Research (IHR), is established.

1997

HANDS-HELPING

1999Our first electronic health record, ClS (Clinical Information System), launches.

2000The IHR creates a clinical trials

program primarily focused on HIV and oncology.

2001Kaiser Permanente surgeons complete the first successful separation of conjoined twins in Colorado.

2002The IHR begins providing cancer

data to the State of Colorado.

We implement smoke-free campuses throughout Colorado.

We launch our annual Martin Luther King, Jr., Day of Service.

2004

2007We become a founding

partner of LiveWell Colorado, which leads to us joining

forces with HEAL Cities (2008), Hunger Free Colorado (2009)

and Weigh & Win (2010).

2008

2010

Our private and Medicare health plans are ranked number one in Colorado by the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA).

2012We help sponsor the HBO documentary film, Weight of the Nation,

and lead community screenings, panel discussions and health fairs related to eliminating the country’s obesity crisis.

2016

Our commitment to the environment is recognized by Greenhealth and the Clean Energy Means Business Corporate Summit.

2017We’re celebrated as a BCA 10: Best Businesses Partnering with the Arts in America honoree by the Americans for the Arts.

As part of the Find Your Words campaign, we commit $1.5 million to fund mental health programs and staff in Colorado schools and lead artists in the production of three mental health murals.

We open our doors in Denver with two floors in our Franklin Medical Offices.

We Grow

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We begin offering health insurance in Colorado Springs.

The Kaiser Permanente Labor Management Partnership is established.

Our nationally recognized electronic

health record, KP HealthConnect,

is implemented.

NCQA will continue to recognize our plans as top in the state for the next 11 years.

Our Thriving Schools campaign launches with an investment of $5 million.

We’re recognized as a 2012 Million Hearts Champion by the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services for

our work managing members’ high blood pressure.

Our Medicare plan receives its first five-star rating from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. It will continue

to be recognized with this rating for the next eight years.

We expand into Northern Colorado, opening medical offices in Fort Collins and Loveland, followed by Greeley in 2013.

We create The Safety Net Specialty Care Program.

Our Information Technology Campus opens in Greenwood Village.

is committed to support LAUNCH Together, a collaborative effort to promote the emotional and social well-being of Colorado families.

Our Parkside Medical Offices are our first in Colorado to receive Gold Leadership in Energy and Environmental

Design (LEED) certification.

$1.5 MILLION

500 NEW JOBS BROUGHT TO COLORADO

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On November 7, 1979, our physicians deliver the first-ever quadruplets in Colorado.

REACHING3.5 MILLION COLORADANS

OVER NEXT 35 YEARS

The CDC awards the IHR its first vaccine

safety grant.

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