How are KP-IT and KP HealthConnect related?
At Kaiser Permanente, we have adopted the mantra that “there are no IT projects.” Though KP HealthConnect is an information technology deployment, its primary purpose is to support patient care and service. Therefore, during deployment stage, the the project was not overseen by Kaiser Permanente Information Technology (KP-IT), but instead by us as part of the Quality and Clinical Systems Support department for Kaiser Foundation Health Plan/Hospitals and The Permanente Federation’s Clinical Information Support program, with KP-IT is a valued partner, managing the technical infrastructure of the system.
Related Questions
- Mental health and substance abuse records are held separately in Kaiser Permanentes system as it is now; with KP HealthConnect, how limited is access to them? Who can see them?
- What kind of technological safeguards (security) have been included in KP HealthConnect?
- What kind of care and service improvements are you seeing with KP HealthConnect?
