Organization Overview and Culture

Kaiser Permanente is a health care association. They have their own clinics all around the country. They provide health insurance to their customers. They provide health care because it is a necessity to our modern world. People are always getting hurt and sick. They not only provide health care services, but also health care insurance. The top people in my area of Kaiser go as Manager Carol Paz, Dr. DeMayo, and his assistant Linda, then myself. There are many more different doctors and assistants. The hospital is energetic and hardworking. The workers are very social and talk a lot. But when they are talking to their patient, they give the patient their full attention.The service that Kaiser is providing will be needed in the future. It does not matter if it is five years or a hundred years in the future, people will still be getting sick and hurting themselves. Health care is one of the more important products in the modern world. Health care advances alongside with technology and science. More and more tools and techniques are being found. It is clearly visible that Kaiser Permanente and other health care providers are advancing. Not only are they advancing in the industry, they are making more and more money. According to Hoovers.com, Kaiser Permanente had a revenue increase of 9.9 percent from December of 2006 to December of 2007.1 It also had a revenue increase of 10.6 percent from December of 2005 to December of 2006.2

1 Hoovers.com: Financial Reports: Download Kaiser Permanente Financial Reports. http://hoovers.com/kaiser-permanente/--ID__112244,target__financial_reports--/free-co-samples-index.xhtml (Accessed July 16, 2008)

2 Ibid