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Expanding Health Care Options in the Community

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Kaiser Permanente physicians, employees and family members gather at the construction site for Santa Clarita Medical Offices 2, opening in early 2018.

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New Kaiser Permanente facility to open in Santa Clarita Specialty care, close to home Located at 26877 Tourney Road, this new facility will bring advanced surgical and specialty services to members of the community. Designed for comfort and convenience, Santa Clarita Medical Offices 2 are scheduled to open in continue to provide primary and specialty care.

High-tech tools for personalized care Video and phone appointments Sick at home? Can’t find a babysitter? Phone or video visits are easy ways to connect with your doctor — whenever life happens.

Easy check-in options Use your mobile device to check in the day before your appointment.

Or check in when you arrive. You can use the self-serve kiosk, or a team member will greet you at the front door and check you in via tablet.

Coordinated care teams Kaiser Permanente doctors, nurses, and specialists are connected to you — and each other — by your electronic health record. This allows them to have real-time digital consultations with other caregivers, and get you answers faster.

Exam room innovations Flat-screen monitors will make it easy for doctors to review your health information with you during your visit. There’s even seating in the exam room for your family members.

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Creating a comfortable visit The new facility will bring

The facility will also feature:

modern surgical and specialty

Large windows for natural light

care closer to home for members

An outdoor walking path

in the Santa Clarita community.

Community tables with preloaded tablets that you can browse for health tips

The facility will offer a lab, pharmacy, and urgent care.

The new location will be open to the public for wellness fairs, fitness classes,* cooking demonstrations, and many activities to benefit your community. To learn more about Kaiser Permanente, visit kp.org/santaclarita.

Please note that all specialties listed below are offered by referral only.

Cardiology Endocrinology

2 Santa Clarita locations to serve you Our members in the Santa Clarita community will now have access to local primary and specialty care, urgent care, lab, X-ray, and pharmacy.

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*Some classes may require a fee.

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Coming Soon:

Specialty Care, Close to Home

Photo courtesy Kaiser Permanente

Kaiser Permanente employees volunteering with Habitat for Humanity. now the third largest city in Los Angeles County, Kaiser Permanente opened its first medical offices in the City of Santa Clarita. The high-quality, affordable n spite of tremendous population growth since health care that Kaiser Permanente was known for first officially becoming a city 30 years ago, the throughout California was now available locally, with City of Santa Clarita still has a “small town” feelphysicians, laboratory, x-ray, pharmacy, urgent care ing that is a source of great pride to locals and a services and more—all under one roof. breath of fresh air to all its visitors.

As a nonprofit organization, Kaiser Permanente In terms of population, Santa Clarita is bigger has a social mission that reaches beyond our memthan Burbank. It’s even bigger than Pasadena. But bers and our medical offices—and reaches outward you would never think that as you walk, bicycle, to improve the health of the communities in which or even drive through the picture-perfect neighborthe physicians and employees live and work. hoods of Newhall, Saugus and Valencia. Even if they Christian Raigosa, MD, Physician-in-Charge of the don’t know you there, folks still wave as you go by.

Kaiser Permanente Santa Clarita Medical Offices Not long after the close-knit communities of the and a resident of Santa Clarita, is a proud supportSanta Clarita Valley joined together to create what is er of the organization’s nonprofit mission.

“We believe it’s important to support the development of healthy communities so that all residents can live and work in an environment where they are given the opportunity to achieve their full potential,” Dr. Raigosa says.

Supporting partnerships with community-based organizations is at the heart of Kaiser Permanente’s Community Benefit Grant program. The program provides financial support to local nonprofits committed to early detection and treatment of chronic diseases, improving physical and nutritional health, and expanding access to care for lower-income and uninsured individuals.

“We provide more than $62,000 in Community Benefit grants on a yearly basis to organizations in the Santa Clarita Valley that are focused on addressing critical public health needs,” says Dr. Raigosa. “Some of our grantees include the Child & Family Center, Habitat for Humanity, Northeast Valley Health Corporation, Bridge to Home, Dan Watson/The Signal Kaiser Permanente physicians, employees and family members gather at the con- the Santa Clarita Valley Senior Center and the struction site for Santa Clarita Medical Offices 2, opening in early 2018.

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Boys & Girls Club of Santa Clarita Valley.”

Kaiser Permanente also sponsors programs that promote a healthy lifestyle, including the “Final Mile Challenge,” a Santa Clarita Marathon school-based program. “I’m a competitive runner, so I look forward to our annual participation with the marathon.

My wife and kids also participated this year in the Final Mile Challenge. It’s a fun way for us to engage with our community and be active together,” says Dr. Raigosa.

To keep up with the growing community, Kaiser Permanente’s Canyon Country medical offices opened in 2008 to support and enhance the services already being provided on the other side of the valley.

Payman Roshan, Senior Vice President and Area Manager, Kaiser Permanente Panorama City says, “Our goal in Santa Clarita has always been to provide as many services as possible locally, so our members don’t have to travel to the San Fernando Valley or beyond for primary and specialty care.”

With that in mind, Kaiser Permanente purchased the old Borax headquarters on Tourney Road.

“We are currently transforming the building,” continues Roshan, “So that we can offer our members in Santa Clarita more specialty services closer to home.”

Members will notice a dramatic difference upon entering the new medical office building, scheduled to open in early 2018.

“We’re presenting an evolved design, with a very welcoming aesthetic that doesn’t look or feel like your typical clinical setting,” adds Roshan. He says the 64,000 square foot medical office represents Kaiser Permanente’s evolution toward creating highly efficient, environmentally-friendly facilities designed to improve the member experience. The new design will enable greater connectivity with physicians using advanced technology. Open-space waiting areas will educate, entertain, and reinforce Kaiser Permanente’s commitment to total health.

“Some of our technology enhancements will include the option for remote check-in via the Kaiser Permanente app, and text message alerts notifying you when your provider is ready so you’re not glued to a waiting room chair,” says Roshan. “If your physician decides that you require an additional consultation with a specialist, video consults will be available on-demand so you won’t have to make an additional appointment, saving you valuable time.”

Kaiser Permanente Santa Clarita Medical Offices 2 is scheduled to open in early 2018, offering specialty services such as Cardiology, Hematology, Oncology, Neurology, Orthopedics, Podiatry, Urology and more—plus several outpatient surgical suites.

Other services to be offered in the new building include Laboratory, Pharmacy and Urgent Care services to further enhance the patient care experience. For more information on Kaiser Permanente in Santa Clarita, visit kp.org/santaclarita.