Kathy Gerwig on Safer Chemicals Policies

Kathy Gerwig, Vice President of Kaiser Permanente, discusses how the company seeks to ensure safe chemicals throughout its operations.Kaiser Permanente uses its purchasing clout to create new markets for safer medical products, and has spent years removing toxic chemicals from its operations to protect patient health.
Kaiser Permanente is the nation's largest integrated health care delivery program.
· a non-profit organization with $40 billion in annual revenues.
· spends $14 billion annually on products and services.
· employs 167,000 staff and 14,600 physicians.
· serves 8.6 million members in nine states—California, Colorado, Georgia, Hawaii, Maryland, Ohio, Oregon, Virginia and Washington—and the District of Columbia.
· operates 35 hospital-based medical centers and 431 medical office buildings.

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