DaVita Launches Corporate Social Responsibility Web Portal
July 09 2013 - 6:00AM
Business Wire
DaVita®, a division of DaVita HealthCare Partners Inc. (NYSE:
DVA) and a leading provider of kidney care services, today
announced the launch of a new “Community Care” web portal. The new
site details the company’s sustainability and corporate social
responsibility initiatives and includes a downloadable version of
the company’s 2012 “Community Care” report.
The website, located at DaVita.com/CommunityCare, covers three
key areas – improving health, helping teammates (employees) thrive
and engaging communities. Highlights from the 2012 report include
the following.
- DaVita has driven an estimated $480
million in taxpayer savings through providing integrated health
care and improving patients’ health
- The launch of a variety of online
kidney health tools created for patients, including the Kidney
SmartSM education program, myDaVita.com (a social networking
community) and the DaVita Health Portal™ (gives DaVita patient
access to their lab results and lets them track their
progress)
- The Village Vitality program provides
free biometric screenings, supports teammate wellness and allows
teammates who participate to earn discounts on health
insurance
- The DaVita Village Network, which
provides grants to teammates in crisis and has given more than $2
million to 435 teammates since its inception
- The DaVita Way of Giving, a locally
focused charitable grant program, which has donated more than $1.75
million to local charities since it began in 2011.
- The launch of a comprehensive
composting program involving more than 900 teammates in the Tacoma,
Wash., office, which – in conjunction with the ongoing recycling
and composting efforts in the Denver, Colo., office – diverted more
than 10,000 tons of waste in 2012
- Through Village Service Days, thousands
of teammates, their friends and family have volunteered nearly
44,000 hours (since 2007) to complete community service projects
around the country
- Bridge of Life—DaVita Medical
Missions™, which has trained 19 doctors, 111 nurses, 246
technicians and 19 biomedical technicians to expand access to
dialysis in 11 countries on four continents since its
inception
“We believe that if we create a thriving, sustainable community
for our teammates, they in turn will create a special clinical and
caring community for our patients and their families, and be
inspired to help others,” said Kent Thiry, chairman and CEO of
DaVita HealthCare Partners. “That’s what we call our trilogy of
care – caring for our patients, caring for each other and caring
for our world.”
DaVita’s Community Care website and annual report on social
responsibility are now live on DaVita.com/CommunityCare.
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About DaVita
DaVita is the dialysis division of DaVita HealthCare Partners
Inc., a Fortune 500® company that, through its operating divisions,
provides a variety of health care services to patient populations
throughout the United States and abroad. A leading provider of
kidney care in the United States, DaVita delivers dialysis services
to patients with chronic kidney failure and end stage renal
disease. DaVita strives to improve patients’ quality of life by
innovating clinical care, and by offering integrated treatment
plans, personalized care teams and convenient health-management
services. As of March 31, 2013, DaVita operated or provided
administrative services at 1,991 outpatient dialysis centers
located in the United States serving approximately 156,000
patients. The company also operated 41 outpatient dialysis centers
located in nine countries outside the United States. DaVita
supports numerous programs dedicated to creating positive,
sustainable change in communities around the world. The company’s
leadership development initiatives and social responsibility
efforts have been recognized by Fortune, Modern Healthcare,
Newsweek and WorldBlu. For more information, please visit
DaVita.com.
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