Group Health Cooperative, based in Seattle, Washington, is a consumer-governed nonprofit healthcare system. Established in 1947, it today provides coverage and care for about 540,000 people in Washington and Idaho and is one of the largest private employers in Washington. Year 1947 ( MCMXLVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1947 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Washington ( is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. The State of Idaho ( is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States of America. Despite their traditional local focus, agreements with Beech Street and First Choice Health Network give their members access to healthcare nationwide, and help make GHC competitive for national employer accounts, such as Nordstrom, Microsoft, and Federated Department Stores.
Its research arm, the Group Health Cooperative Center for Health Studies, works with institutions such as the University of Washington and the National Institutes of Health. The Center for Health Studies (CHS is the research department for Group Health Cooperative. See Washington (disambiguation for other uses The University of Washington, founded in 1861, is a public research University "NIH" redirects here For other meanings of NIH see NIH (disambiguation. For example, in January 2006, the Center released the results of a study that concluded that regular exercise is associated with a delay in the onset of dementia and Alzheimer's disease. Dementia (from Latin de- "apart away" + Mens ( genitive mentis) "mind" is the progressive decline Alzheimer's disease ( AD) also called Alzheimer disease or simply Alzheimer's, is the most common form of Dementia.
Group Health has also been a national leader in clinical information systems and electronic patient records.
See also
- Lou Stewart, a prominent labor leader active in Group Health during the 1970s
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Louis O Stewart ( January 1, 1915 to March 26, 2002) was a prominent labor leader in Washington. This article is about the Decade 1970-1979 For the Year 1970 see 1970.Dapyx Software network: MP3 Explorer | Ebook Manager | Zenithic