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What Kaiser Permanente Sees In The Community

Kaiser Permanente is interested in the community. No, not the fictional TV series Community, but rather the stuff that surrounds Kaiser Permanente's many hospitals and clinics. You know, that stuff that its patients live in each and every day.

This interest is not a passing fad like the Running Man Challenge or UGG boots. Over the past decade, Kaiser Permanente has launched various large efforts outside their hospital and clinic walls. One example, which I covered previously for Forbes, is their pair of programs aimed at making changes in communities to reduce obesity: the Community Health Initiative (CHI) and Healthy Eating Active Living (HEAL) initiative. Then there's their goal…

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