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Kaiser Permanente
Last reviewed August 30, 2026
Intelligence summary
Established 1997
Documented successes: Established in 1997 and co-sponsored by the Permanente Medical Groups and Kaiser Foundation Health Plan (kpcmi.org); Develops and publishes clinical practice guidelines and clinician guides built on systematic evidence reviews, plus rapid reviews on high-priority clinical topics; Places patients on innovation teams that design patient-centered care pathways
Mandate and remit
The Care Management Institute is Kaiser Permanente's clinical knowledge and care-redesign body, established in 1997 and co-sponsored by the Permanente Medical Groups and Kaiser Foundation Health Plan. CMI develops evidence-based clinical practice guidelines and clinician guides through systematic evidence reviews and rapid reviews on high-priority clinical topics. It then works with regional care delivery teams to spread those practices, applying improvement science so that, in its own formulation, the right thing is the easy thing to do. It runs care-redesign and chronic disease and prevention programs, and it explicitly incorporates patients and families onto innovation teams that design care pathways. It serves Kaiser Permanente physicians and regional operations rather than external customers, and is distinct from Kaiser Permanente Ventures.
Documented successes
Established in 1997 and co-sponsored by the Permanente Medical Groups and Kaiser Foundation Health Plan (kpcmi.org); Develops and publishes clinical practice guidelines and clinician guides built on systematic evidence reviews, plus rapid reviews on high-priority clinical topics; Places patients on innovation teams that design patient-centered care pathways
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