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Archimedes Model: The Archimedes Model, a project of Kaiser Permanente and developed by David Eddy in collaboration with Len Schlessinger, creates a virtual reality in which all the important objects and events in the real world have corresponding objects and events in the model's world. When a simulation is run, the objects interact and events occur as they would in the real world. The Archimedes Model has virtual people with virtual physiologies who get virtual diseases, go to virtual doctors, get virtual tests and treatments and have virtual outcomes.

Kaiser Permanente: The main web portal for Kaiser Permanente.

Kaiser Permanente Center for Health Research (Northwest): Kaiser Permanente's Center for Health Research/Northwest and Hawaii is a professionally independent, non-profit research institute whose mission is to improve individual health and inform health policy. Its work brings together scientists from many fields—anthropology, biostatistics, informatics, dentistry, economics, endocrinology, epidemiology, genetics, gerontology, medical care organization, nursing, nutrition, preventive medicine, psychiatry, public health, social psychology, and sociology—who conduct research and demonstration projects across a broad range of health and health care issues. The Center for Health Research (CHR) was created in 1964 to study the prepaid group practice model of medical care; Merwyn Greenlick served as Director from 1964 until 1995.

Kaiser Permanente Division of Research (Northern California): The Division of Research (DOR), formerly called Medical Methods Research, was established in 1961 by Dr. Morris Collen to conduct research aimed at improving methods for delivery of health care to subscribers of Kaiser Permanente Medical Care Program, Northern California Region. DOR pioneered automated multiphasic health testing systems to provide cost-effective health checkups. DOR also piloted a computer-based medical record system, which resulted in the accumulation of a large volume of medical data that could be used for research purposes. Subsequent leaders of the DOR included Dr. Ted Van Brunt, Dr. Gary Friedman and Dr. Joe Selby.

Oakland Museum of California, Henry J. Kaiser Exhibit: This exhibition ran from January through August 2004 at the Oakland Museum of California. This webpage provides an overview of the exhibit, which covered establishment of Kaiser Permanente along with Henry J. Kaiser’s industrial and construction projects.

National Library of Medicine (NIH), oral history collection: The page lists 149 National Library of Medicine oral history collections; some finding aids are available, but interview transcripts are not.

The Permanente Journal: Published beginning in summer 1997, the Permanente Journal is designed for physicians and nurses to create and deliver health care through the principles and benefits of Permanente Medicine. This publication contains many articles addressing historical aspects of Kaiser Permanente.