Kaiser Permanente and the Alliance of Health Care Unions

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Giving Team Members a Voice

A Food and Nutrition team creates an environment where employees feel free to voice their opinions and ideas—and can expect action to be taken on their input.

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Two girls carefully measure cooking oil as their mentor looks on

For the Love of Kids

Nearly 35 children took part in this farm-to-table initiative.

Why This Matters

The 2015 National Agreement calls for greater union engagement in community benefit programs.

Test of Change

Involve childen in growing and cooking their own healthy food

Tags: Best Place to Work, Inpatient

Doctors and nurses huddle around a computer

Why Speaking Up Matters

Patients suffer fewer hospital-acquired infections and staff has high morale and low turnover.

Why This Matters

Speaking up leads to fewer patient infections and more satisfied staff.

Test of Change

Physicians, nurses, dieticians, pharmacists, social workers and other caregivers take part in multidisciplinary daily patient rounding together

Tags: Patient Safety, Quality, Inpatient

Mother with baby and care provider in the NICU

Giving Patients a Voice

Improvements suggested by a parent advisory council ease the stress of new moms and dads whose babies are in the NICU.

Why This Matters

Unit-based teams make innovations that have a big impact when they include patients in their improvement efforts.

Test of Change

Members of this NICU host a bimonthly parent advisory council and include moms and dads members in the department’s tests of change

Tags: Culture, Performance Improvement, Service, Inpatient

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