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"Our 2008 National Diversity Conference continues a long and proud KaiserPermanente tradition that now spans more than three decades," said RonaldKnox, senior vice president and chief diversity officer, Kaiser FoundationHealth Plan, Inc. "This annual educational forum celebrates the organization'smany diversity accomplishments and underscores the new diversity horizons thatlie ahead to fully integrate diversity into our core business and leverage ourdiversity expertise to provide high-quality, culturally informed care to ourmembers and patients."
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This year's conference will host an impressive array of internal andexternal experts on topical and leading-edge diversity issues, concepts,practices and trends in diversity management, culturally competent caredelivery, linguistic services and care access, workforce diversity andmarketing to diverse populations. Among the notable conference offerings are:
The conference also will feature 30 interactive workshops on topicsranging from A Conversation with Connie Rice, Esq., and Diversity Return onInvestment: A Business Model to cutting-edge offerings on culturally competentcare and linguistic service excellence; the Kaiser Permanente Diversity Hallof Fame, R.J. Erickson and HIV/AIDS Awards; a best-in-class regional showcase;and diversity experiential stations.
Kaiser Permanente has been recognized this year for corporate diversityleadership by the following organizations and publications:
About Kaiser Permanente
Kaiser Permanente is America's leading integrated health plan. Founded in1945, the program is headquartered in Oakland, Calif. Kaiser Permanente serves8.7 million members in nine states and the District of Columbia. Today itencompasses Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Inc., Kaiser Foundation Hospitalsand their subsidiaries, and the Permanente Medical Groups. Nationwide, KaiserPermanente includes approximately 159,000 technical, administrative andclerical employees and caregivers, and 14,000 physicians representing allspecialties. The organization's Labor Management Partnership is the largestsuch health care partnership in the United States. It governs how more than130,000 workers, managers, physicians and dentists work together to makeKaiser Permanente the best place to receive care, and the best place to work.For more Kaiser Permanente news, visit the KP News Center at:http://xnet.kp.org/newscenter-- The phenomenon of unconscious bias and its implications for the reduction of health disparities, workforce productivity and perceptions of fairness and equity in the workplace. -- A highly acclaimed interactive theater group that will expose the operation and impact of micro-inequities in the workplace. -- An "eavesdropping conversation" among nationally renowned experts discussing some of today's most pressing diversity issues. -- Marketing Kaiser Permanente to Generations X, Y and the all encompassing Hip Hop culture is one of the novel presentations focusing on generational diversity. -- A unique presentation on people with disabilities focusing on health care marketing, employment and provider of choice opportunities. -- A session to acquire skills to successfully manage the multiple generations that comprise the labor market.
SOURCE Kaiser Permanente
