Breast cancer survivor story
Jean Redd is a breast cancer survivor, mother, and a radiology supervisor at Kaiser Permanente Colorado. She encourages all women to regularly get screened, as she neglected to do so for nearly three years.
Read the full article on ElevateYourHealthCO.com
Run for your lungs!
Attention all runners and walkers:
Kaiser Permanente Colorado presents the 3rd annual Run the Rocks 5K run/walk this Sunday, October 11 at the Red Rocks Amphitheater in Morrison. We encourage you and your family to participate, as all proceeds benefit programs of the American Lung Association in Colorado.
The run/walk takes place on park roads and ends with a climb up the famous amphitheater stairs. There will be live music along the course, and food & entertainment following the race.
For more information and to register: http://www.mrsnv.com/evt/info.jsp?id=2507
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Special delivery to Kaiser Permanente oncology floor
Kaiser Permanente members undergoing chemotherapy at the Franklin Medical Office on September 9 were in for a nice surprise.
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Kaiser Permanente Colorado makes donation to Denver Public School on 9/11
September 11 is now a federally recognized Day of Service and Remembrance. By performing good deeds, and engaging in other forms of charitable service on this day, Kaiser Permanente Colorado joined people throughout the nation in rekindling the remarkable spirit of unity, service and compassion shared by so many in the immediate aftermath of the attacks.
On September 11, 2009, 20 Kaiser Permanente volunteers delivered more than 70 pieces of furniture to the Martin Luther King Jr. Early College, a Denver Charter School. The donation included chairs, tables, cubicles, file cabinets and a new desk for the Assistant Principal’s office. After delivering the two truckloads of furniture, volunteers spent the rest of the day performing various service projects to spruce up the school.
Kaiser Permanente Colorado adopted Martin Luther King Jr. Early College last year through a special DPS Partner Program. This nationally recognized day provided Kaiser Permanente Colorado the opportunity to further their contribution to the school and the overall wellness of the community.
Check out The Denver Post “Service Day” story to see how others in Colorado contributed.
Kaiser Permanente set to open first medical office in Colorado Springs
Kaiser Permanente Colorado expands its services to Colorado Springs residents with the Briargate Senior Health Center, scheduled to open October 1, 2009.
Three new Colorado Permanente Medical Group physicians, Stephanie Garcia, MD, Christine Walden, MD, and Harry White, MD, will provide primary care to Kaiser Permanente Senior Advantage Medicare members.
In addition, the new medical office will offer lab, X-ray, and pharmacy services to all Kaiser Permanente members, and will also house a hearing aid center and optical services, made available to both members and the community.
For more information, visit: http://tinyurl.com/lnwrjh
Free day at the Denver Museum of Nature & Science
Get ready to be inspired to replace soda with water and fries with fresh veggies at your next meal.
Do you ever wonder how much sugar is really in your drink? Are you curious how your food portions stack up?
Find out for FREE at the Denver Museum of Nature & Science on Wednesday, August 12. Join Kaiser Permanente from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., on the second floor of the West Atrium, to learn all about healthy eating from a registered dietitian.
Take advantage of the free day to check out Expedition Health as well. This interactive exhibit allows you to get to know your body with highly-personalized activities.
Find out more by visiting http://www.dmns.org/main/en/
110,000 downtown Denver employees benefit from partnership between Kaiser Permanente and the Downtown Denver Partnership
If you aren’t a downtown Denver employee, I bet you wish you were!
The week of July 27 through August 2, is the first ever Downtown Denver Employee Appreciation Week. This week employees are benefiting from free events, relaxation activities, giveaways, concerts, and movies, as well as hotel, retail, and restaurant savings.
Kaiser Permanente is the premier sponsor of the event, and is joining in on all the fun with an organized walking tour and a relaxation tent in Skyline Park–offering free yoga, chi-gong, and mindful meditation classes. In addition, certified massage therapists are giving free chair massages, and licensed acupuncturists and chiropractors are providing information on managing stress and offering relaxation techniques.
What a great way to escape the daily stress and enjoy the perks of working downtown!
Click here for more information and a calendar of events.
CDC calls upon Kaiser Permanente to discuss practices for community healthy living initiatives
Kaiser Permanente Colorado’s Community Health Specialist, Monica Buhlig, was invited to present at a conference for the ACHIEVE (Action Communities for Health, Innovation, and EnVironmental changE) initiative sponsored by the Healthy Communities Program in the Division of Adult and Community Health at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
ACHIEVE is a granting system designed to enhance local communities’ abilities to develop and implement policy, systems, and environmental change strategies that can help prevent or manage health risk factors. The initiative focuses on obesity, diabetes, heart disease, nutrition, physical activity, and tobacco.
Kaiser Permanente Colorado devotes time and resources to promote its Community Health Initiatives for Healthy Eating and Active Living (HEAL), and has been working hard to implement this policy within the community. Kaiser Permanente has taken steps to improve communities’ healthy eating options, such as: sponsoring local farmer’s markets, improving vending machine choices, implementing school food standards, and placing nutrition labels on food. In addition, Kaiser Permanente promotes active living by increasing access to safe physical activity with more equipment at parks, increased safe walking and biking routes, and incorporating health elements into city plans.
Check out these sites for more information on ACHIEVE and Kaiser Permanente’s community benefit work in Colorado.
Spirit of the Colorado Colfax Marathon thrives thanks to Kaiser Permanente
Participants from this year’s Colorado Colfax Marathon have good reason to keep fit and prepare for the 2010 race.
As a primary sponsor of the 4th Annual Colorado Colfax Marathon and Municipal Cup, Kaiser Permanente encouraged citizens and city employees to participate with three unique challenges. The top three municipalities from each challenge were able to designate a nonprofit, charitable organization to receive a donation from Kaiser Permanente in the municipality’s name.
Now that the race results are in, Kaiser Permanente is meeting with winning municipalities to award them their prize. A total of $22,000 in grants will be provided by Kaiser Permanente to help nonprofits during these difficult economic times.
Below are the details of the challenge–congratulations to all the winners!
Challenge: City with most citizens participating (in ratio to city’s actual population)
1st place: Aurora – $8,000 donated to designated nonprofit + 10 installed bike racks
Nonprofit: Spirit of Aurora – Bike rack locations: To be determined
2nd place: Brighton – $4,000 donated to designated nonprofit + 5 installed bike racks
Nonprofit: Brighton Legacy Foundation – Bike rack locations: To be determined
3rd place: Louisville – $2,000 donated to designated nonprofit + 3 installed bike racks
Nonprofit: Senior Foundation of Louisville – Bike rack locations: Downtown Louisville
Challenge: City with most employees participating in Municipal Cup (in ratio to city’s actual population)
1st place: Glendale – $2,500 donated to designated nonprofit
Nonprofit: TBD
2nd place: Thornton – $1,500 donated to designated nonprofit
Nonprofit: TBD
3rd place: Arvada – $1,000 donated to designated nonprofit
Nonprofit: Carin’ Clinic
Challenge: City with fastest team participating in Municipal Cup (mixed team – men and women)
1st place: Westminster – $1,500 donated to designated nonprofit
Winning team and time: Westminster 101 – 3:16:36
Nonprofit: Westminster Legacy Foundation
2nd place: Arvada – $1,000 donated to designated nonprofit
Winning team and time: My Pace Or Yours – 3:20:51
Nonprofit: Metro Community Provider Network, Arvada Clinic
3rd place: Broomfield – $500 donated to designated nonprofit
Winning team and time: The Broomfield Mighty Wind – 3:22:29
Nonprofit: Broomfield Open Space Foundation
Kaiser Permanente employee named Histologist of the Year
Congratulations to Andrea DeJager, the Histology manager for Kaiser Permanente Colorado Regional Reference Laboratory, who was recently awarded Histologist of the Year by the Colorado Society for Histotechnology. DeJager has been directly involved with the society for ten years, and currently serves as vice-president.
The Colorado Society for Histotechnology is a non-profit organization designed to unite the histologic technicians and technologist in the State of Colorado by promoting higher standards in clinical methods and research.
What exactly is histology? It is a specialty subject within the field of Biomedical Science concerned with understanding cellular change, chemical composition, and the function of normal and abnormal tissue. Histotechnologists are responsible for preparing sections of body tissue on microscope-slides for examination by a pathologist or other medical scientists. The prepared tissue enables pathologists to identify signs of disease, illness, or malignancies in the body.
“It is a wonderful feeling to be recognized by your peers and I have enjoyed working with this organization tremendously,” says DeJager, “It gives me the opportunity to be involved in the field that I love and be a part of an era of development and improvement within this field.”
DeJager has worked in histology for about 30 years, and is dedicated to helping others enter the field as well. She works to maintain the excellence of this fine-tuned profession, and readily makes herself available to others, acting as their mentor.
“I believe it takes special people to work in this line of work, and applaud every histotech that practices,” added DeJager.
This is the second time DeJager has been named Histologist of the Year, she first received the award in 2007.
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