The office of Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper has announced that health care provider Kaiser Permanente plans to open an information technology (IT) campus in Englewood in January. Along with the opening of the campus will be about 500 jobs by 2015. Here are the details.
* Kaiser Permanente's new IT campus will be a 120,000-square-foot, five story building located near major highways, several shops, cafes and fitness centers. The facility will include a day care center and an independently operated deli.
* Hickenlooper said that the company's plan is "welcome news" in Colorado and credited the state's high-tech workforce, healthy business ecosystem and excellent quality of life as an attraction for employers looking to create new jobs. "Kaiser Permanente's new IT campus is another win for Colorado," the governor said.
* Kaiser Permanente Colorado's president, Donna Lynne, DrPH, stated that the demographics of metro Denver, a healthy real estate market and "an expansive talent pool of potential employees" made Englewood an ideal location for the new campus.
* Currently, Kaiser Permanente employs about 6,000 IT professionals nationwide.
* Kaiser Permanente operates the largest non-governmental medical record system in the world, according to Hickenlooper's office, with its HealthConnect electronic health record of it more than 9 million members nationwide made accessible to more than 16,000 physicians.
* Members also have access to electronic health information management features, including online appointment scheduling, prescription refills, lab test results, eligibility and benefits information and children's immunization records.
* According to Phil Fasano, the executive vice president and chief information officer of Kaiser Permanente, the new IT campus in Colorado will help the company honor its commitment to use technology to facilitate patient care and improve health outcomes.
* Kaiser Permenente is Colorado's largest nonprofit health plan, with a state membership of about 535,000. The company has 26 medical offices in Colorado and with 6,000 staff and physicians employed in the state, it is one of Colorado's largest private employers.
* In 2011, Kaiser Permanente directed more than $90 million to services, partnerships and programs directly benefiting Colorado communities, the company stated, including discounted and free care to more than 9,000 low income patients. Kaiser Permanente supports community programs in Colorado that include LiveWell Colorado, Weigh and Win and Denver B-cycle.
* Kaiser Permanente's new IT campus will be a 120,000-square-foot, five story building located near major highways, several shops, cafes and fitness centers. The facility will include a day care center and an independently operated deli.
* Hickenlooper said that the company's plan is "welcome news" in Colorado and credited the state's high-tech workforce, healthy business ecosystem and excellent quality of life as an attraction for employers looking to create new jobs. "Kaiser Permanente's new IT campus is another win for Colorado," the governor said.
* Kaiser Permanente Colorado's president, Donna Lynne, DrPH, stated that the demographics of metro Denver, a healthy real estate market and "an expansive talent pool of potential employees" made Englewood an ideal location for the new campus.
* Currently, Kaiser Permanente employs about 6,000 IT professionals nationwide.
* Kaiser Permanente operates the largest non-governmental medical record system in the world, according to Hickenlooper's office, with its HealthConnect electronic health record of it more than 9 million members nationwide made accessible to more than 16,000 physicians.
* Members also have access to electronic health information management features, including online appointment scheduling, prescription refills, lab test results, eligibility and benefits information and children's immunization records.
* According to Phil Fasano, the executive vice president and chief information officer of Kaiser Permanente, the new IT campus in Colorado will help the company honor its commitment to use technology to facilitate patient care and improve health outcomes.
* Kaiser Permenente is Colorado's largest nonprofit health plan, with a state membership of about 535,000. The company has 26 medical offices in Colorado and with 6,000 staff and physicians employed in the state, it is one of Colorado's largest private employers.
* In 2011, Kaiser Permanente directed more than $90 million to services, partnerships and programs directly benefiting Colorado communities, the company stated, including discounted and free care to more than 9,000 low income patients. Kaiser Permanente supports community programs in Colorado that include LiveWell Colorado, Weigh and Win and Denver B-cycle.
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