The Kaiser Permanente Medical Care Oral History Project is an in-depth, interview-based research project into many facets of Kaiser Permanente medicine and medical research, medical care delivery, and the politics, business, and economy of medicine in the United States since 1970. The project is projected to last for five years; thus far, year 1 interviews and year 2 interviews have been completed.

Project News
Roundtable: Disrupting the Status Quo: The Story of Dr. Sidney Garfield
November 19th, Faculty Club 12:00 noon led by Tom Debley

The final Bancroft Round Table of the Fall Semester will take place on Thursday, November 19, at noon in the Lewis-Latimer Room of the Faculty Club. Tom Debley, author of The Story of Dr. Sidney R. Garfield: The Visionary Who Turned Sick Care into Health Care (The Permanente Press, 2009) and Director of Heritage Resources at Kaiser Permanente will present a talk entitled " Disrupting the Status Quo: The Story of Dr. Sidney Garfield."

"Managed Care in the 1990s: Politics, Policy, and Oral History Perspectives" Archived Video
A panel discussion held April 8, 2009 featuring: Alain Enthoven, James Robinson, Martin Meeker, and Richard Candida-Smith, with written remarks by Robin Einhorn.