In East Los Angeles, Kaiser Permanente partners with UMMA, the University Muslim Medical Association to provide financial support and direct patient care to provide a medical home for an impoverished and medically underserved community.
Kaiser Permanente's short video on health disparities shows some of the causes and costs of differences that result in poor health outcomes, and offers solutions to this nationwide problem.
In partnership with the Weingart Center in LA's Skid Row, a team of Kaiser Permanente radiologists reads chest x-rays daily free of charge, ensuring the homeless are scanned for TB and can get a bed and a hot meal. Each year more than 4,000 films are read.
LA Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa announces that thanks to Kaiser Permanente's Operation Splash, 32 Los Angeles neighborhood pools will offer free swim lessons.
This overview provides a fast-paced introduction to HEAL at work in Southern California including Operation Splash, neighborhood fresh fruit stands, and Healthy Picks in schools and workplaces.
They work in clinics in LA. They provide dental services to kids in San Diego. They volunteer in residential care homes for the elderly. They see a need and start a clinic for the underserved in Portland. They are the winners of the 2006 David Lawrence Community Service Award.
