What is Total Health?
One of the most interesting aspects of creating the interactive exhibits at the Center for Total Health was interviewing people about their attitudes and feelings about health. The one question we...
View ArticleAn Author’s Take on Total Health
We asked Mollie Katzen, best-selling author of the vegetarian classic Moosewood Cookbook, how she defines total health.
View ArticleThe Lassiters Talk Health
For our Center for Total Health exhibit highlighting participants’ personal stories, we interviewed husband and wife Darryl and Krys Lassiter about a healthy-living class for couples that they took...
View ArticleIf Perfect Health Were a Color, What Would it Be?
In our interviews for the Center for Total Health exhibits, we asked more than 60 people what total health meant to them. To everyone’s delight, Southern California’s Leonora Brogan gave a singular,...
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An Audio Montage on Total Health
During the opening of the Center for Total Health in April, we partnered with StoryCorps to collect conversations about health — many of which you’ll be hearing on this blog. In reviewing the...
View ArticleTranscription Available: September 16 Round Table
Thank you to all of the folks who joined today’s blogger round table — in person at the Center for Total Health, as well as via teleconference and online. And special thanks to Ted Eytan, MD, and Holly...
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New Weekly Podcast Series Brings Total Health to Your Fingertips…and Mobile...
In a recent episode of Kaiser Permanente’s new podcast series, Total Health Radio, guest Julie Sutherland, MD, from Kaiser Permanente Colorado, describes some of the unusual symptoms of heart attacks...
View ArticleNew Years Resolutions from the CTH Team
Like many people around the world, members of the Center for Total Health team have set a few total health resolutions for 2014: Ted Eytan, MD, Medical Director 1. Connect the health care system to...
View ArticleThe Next Total Health Focus at CTH: Connecting Patients & Social Support for...
Bookmark this post in your browser and return January 23 (3 p.m. to 4 p.m. Eastern, noon to 1 p.m. Pacific) to watch the webcast live. On January 23, the Center for Total Health will host the next...
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Transportation Techies Meet at CTH
Obligatory Walking Wall Shot – Capital Bikeshare Thanks to all who attended the Transportation Techies Meet Up at the Center for Total Health tonight, and special thanks to organizers Michael Schade...
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IHI Summit Excursion to the Center for Total Health
IHI Summit attendees visit the Center for Total Health, hosted by Dr. Ed Ellison. Today, the Center for Total Health hosted an excursion for attendees of the 15th annual Institute for Healthcare...
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Healthy Buildings: Reducing Use of Harmful Chemicals
Yesterday at the Center for Total Health, the U.S. Green Building Council welcomed Arlene Blum, Ph.D., author, mountaineer, and founder of the Green Science Policy Institute, for a discussion of “Six...
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ILN Day 2: Innovation Safaris
Capital Bikeshare — Innovating active transportation. This morning, ILN in-person attendees got the chance to visit DC-area companies embodying innovation in their everyday work. Safari destinations...
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Inaugural Build Your Best Life Health Festival
On Saturday, May 31, the Center for Total Health hosted the first-ever Build Your Best Life Total Health Festival in partnership with Capital Pride, Whitman Walker Health and several other...
View ArticleHappy 4th!
This weekend, as you gather with friends and family for cookouts, lawn games, World Cup games, and fireworks, join us in taking a minute to remember what the day is about. In 1776, our founding fathers...
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Photo of the Day: Human Resources in Action
The Center for Total Health team was excited to host our colleagues from the area Human Resources Department for their quarterly meeting yesterday. They were truly models of health, with a meeting that...
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Healthy Picks for Happy Meetings
We’ve all been to meetings with food that runs counter to our best efforts. You know the drill – you wake up, maybe go for a run or hit the gym, eat a healthy breakfast and get ready for your day. You...
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Today We Launch the Total Health Questionnaire. First Up: Keith Montgomery
This post kicks off a new series on our blog. We’re calling it the Total Health Questionnaire, and we’re asking all sorts of people to complete it. It’s a shameless borrowing of a concept from Marcel...
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Total Health Questionnaire: Ted Eytan, MD
Ted Eytan, MD, is the Physician Director of the Kaiser Permanante Center for Total Health. He wears many, many hats at Kaiser Permanente, and started wearing the Center for Total Health hat about two...
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Total Health Questionnaire: Yen Greene
Yen Greene is the Operations Specialist at the Center for Total Health. She’s loved by all she meets because of her cheerful can-do attitude. Yen has been at the Center for Total Health for about three...
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