"The Incredible Adventures of the Amazing Food Detective" is a hit, according to a games reviewer published in USA Today who gave the game nine stars out of 10 in a recent review.  "The message about eating healthfully and exercising clearly comes through all aspects of this game, while it remains fun to play."

(Jinny Gudmundsen, editor of Computing With Kids magazine, as quoted in USA Today, October 4, 2007)

"Kaiser Permanente's leadership is making a truly astounding impact on the health care industry. The organization's commitment and drive to sustainability is remarkable."

(Diane Wittenberg, President of the California Climate Action Registry, September 7, 2007)

"There are two health care systems in the West, Intermountain Health Care in Utah and Kaiser Permanente in California, that are, in fact integrated .... They are far ahead of the rest of the world in bringing rules-based diagnoses and therapy in cost-effective business models to their patients."

(Professor Clayton Christensen, Harvard Business School, as quoted in
New York Times, December 31, 2006)

Culturally Competent Care:  [Monique Morris, Director of the Discrimination Research Center] praised Kaiser's Linguistic and Interpreter Services programs as an industry model, after the study revealed calls placed to Kaiser Permanente Medical Centers in Oakland and Fremont were much more likely to be properly routed—almost 100 percent.

San Francisco Chronicle, February 17, 2006

Only one of the 12 hospitals was singled out for praise by the non-profit Discrimination Research Center, which conducted the study:  Kaiser Permanente.  Kaiser has done a great job paying attention to this [culturally competent linguistic services].

Monique Morris, Director, Discrimination Research Center, San Jose Mercury News, March 30, 2006

"The way Kaiser has gone about doing this (centralized, computer
health record) is a great learning experience for other providers. They've brought consumers into the process and made sure they are designed into the system."

(David Brailer, MD, national coordinator for Health Information Technology, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, as quoted in Oakland Tribune, Aug. 3, 2005)

"It's not just the fact that Kaiser has made (information technology) investments, but that its investments bring together the patient's entire experience. As health care becomes increasingly disjointed, I think we are seeing the strengths of an integrated delivery system like Kaiser's being appreciated by purchaser and policymakers."

(Peter V. Lee, JD, president and CEO, Pacific Business Group on Health, as quoted in American College of Physicians' ACP Observer, April 2005)

"The kind of coordination that Kaiser has achieved has set a very high standard and shows us, I think, in many cases, what's possible."

(Margaret O'Kane, president, National Committee for Quality Assurance, as quoted on NBC Nightly News, Dec. 20, 2004)

"There is no perfect system in the world...but Kaiser comes closer to an ideal than any system I know."

(Richard Feachem, Executive Director, Global Fund to Fight AIDS, The Economist, July 17, 2004)

"What works at Kaiser is the integration of the financing and delivery of care, and the aligned incentives that allow you to make more rational decisions about health care for members."

(Neelam Sekhri, health policy specialist, World Health Organization, New York Times, Oct. 31, 2004)