Kaiser Permanente Implements Electronic Health Record System Bradley Sheaffer Davenport University Abstract Kaiser Permanente began developing their new EHR system, called HealthConnect, in 2003 and completed its development in 2010. The EHR system allows Kaiser Permanentes provider to interact with each other efficiently, provider information to their patients more effectively, and have helped their researchers make discoveries they may not have found prior to the EHR system. While HealthConnect has provided many benefits, it has also placed a greater responsibility. The increase in information going back and forth between their healthcare providers and patients, it is more important than ever for Kaiser Permanente to make that information is transferred securely in this...