Title:
Ascending the ranks of management, Kaiser Permanente Medical Care Program, 1957-1992 : oral history transcript / 1999
Creator/Contributor:
Vohs, James A., 1928-, creator, interviewee.
Creator/Contributor:
Chall, Malca, interviewer.
Creator/Contributor:
Bancroft Library, Regional Oral History Office.
Abstract:
Topics covered include family, Idaho Falls, and education, University of California, Berkeley; Kaiser companies industrial
and labor relations, 1952-1957; Kaiser Permanente Medical Care Program, 1957-1992: Health Plan Manager, regional manager,
Southern California, 1957-1970, to Oakland CA Central Office of KPHP/KPH, 1971, promoted to president, 1975, CEO, 1978, chairman,
1980; discusses expansion, personnel, board, relationships with physicians, Kaiser Permanente Committee, rate structure, quality
of care, community service, media and advertising; thoughts on management and leadership, comments on Eugene Trefethen, Sidney
Garfield, Carl Steil, Clifford Keene, Edgar F. Kaiser Jr., Raymond M. Kay, Bruce Sams, other physicians and associates.
Date:
1999 (issued)
Subject:
n-usp-- -- n-us-ca
Vohs, James A -- 1928- -- interviewee.
Kaiser-Permanente Medical Care Program.
Health services administrators -- California -- Interviews
Note:
James A. Vohs ; an interview conducted by Malca Chall in 1996 and 1997 ; Regional Oral History Office, The Bancroft Library,
University of California, Berkeley,
Audio tape recording of the interviews also available.
Forms part of: Kaiser Permanente Medical Care Oral History Project.
Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
This manuscript is made available for research purposes only. All publication rights are reserved to The Bancroft Library
of the University of California, Berkeley. Requests for permission to quote for publication should be addressed to the Regional
Oral History Office, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
Volume includes index.
Type:
biography
Oral histories.
Physical Description:
print
xiv, 257 p. : ill. (some col.), ports. 29 cm.
Language:
English
Origin:
California
Copyright Note:
This manuscript is made available for research purposes only. All publication rights are reserved to The Bancroft Library
of the University of California, Berkeley. Requests for permission to quote for publication should be addressed to the Regional
Oral History Office, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.