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About
Us
Kaiser Permanente's Care Management Institute
(CMI) is a unique, pioneering institution with a mandate to
drive, fund, and catalyze care management activities throughout
our non-profit HMO. CMI strives to make the right thing easier
to do.
Care management, also commonly referred to as
"disease management", has been widely acclaimed
by forward-looking health care experts as the next, major,
evolutionary step beyond the cost-focused innovations of "managed
care."
CMI was created in 1997 for the express purpose
of helping Kaiser Permanente improve the quality of care and
health outcomes for our members.
Drawing on the extensive clinical experience,
research, and data of an integrated health care system with
more than 8 million members - as well as from research centers
internationally - CMI synthesizes knowledge about the best
clinical approaches in order to create, implement, and evaluate
effective and efficient care management programs.
Weight Management Initiative receives DMAA "Recognizing Excellence Award"
Our Weight Management Initiative has won the first Recognizing Excellence Award for the Best Application of Behavioral Change Principles to Disease Management from the Disease Management Association of America.
AHIP Innovation and Excellence in Chronic Care Award
The A-L-L (aspirin-Lisinopril-lovastatin) Initiative recieved the AHIP award for successful efforts that improve the management of chronic disease through innovative models of care.
National Exemplary Practice Award Winner
In recognition of CMI's outstanding practices in the management
of diabetes, the American Association of Health Plans and
the Employers' Managed Health Care Association awarded CMI
the National Exemplary Practice
Program Award for its Integrated Diabetes Care Management
Program.
CMI: Content, Measurement, Implementation
While CMI officially stands for the Care Management Institute,
the letters of the name also represent the type of work the
Institute does:
Content
These clinical priorities were selected because they represent
a good opportunity to improve care for members:
- Asthma
- Cardiovascular Disease
- Depression
- Diabetes
- Elder care
- Heart failure
- Chronic Pain
- Cancer
Measurement
National Outcomes Studies are conducted in each of CMI's clinical
priority areas. National outcomes data are available to the
public on the following clinical conditions:
- Diabetes
- Asthma
- Cardiovascular Disease
- Depression
- Elder Care
CMI also conducts national quality of life surveys of members with:
Implementation
CMI funds Physician Implementation Managers, Implementation
Specialists, and Analysts in each Kaiser Permanente Region
to support implementation efforts tailored to the local level.
New Technologies to Support Care Management
CMI is helping to assure that Kaiser Permanente physicians
and health care professionals use the most advanced information
technology tools available so they can provide a superior
care experience for our members.
Clinical Library
"Expand your knowledge and enhance patient care"
Sponsored by the Care Management Institute, Clinical Library provides KP health
care professionals access to many resources, including:
- national clinical practice guidelines
- successful practices
- patient education tools
- outcomes studies
- medical journals
- reference texts
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