Kaiser, Emory Say Their Alliance Is Already Showing Good Results

Two months after launch, Emory Healthcare and Kaiser Permanente say their new collaboration is working well for both sides.

Part of the evidence is in patient volume: Emory’s two “core’’ hospitals covered by the agreement are seeing many more Kaiser members.

The nonprofit Kaiser, unlike in other markets, does not operate a hospital in metro Atlanta. But the collaboration, launched in late October, is allowing Kaiser’s medical “playbook’’ to be used for its members at Emory University Hospital Midtown and Emory Saint Joseph’s Hospital. Those two hospitals are the designated facilities for Kaiser doctors and patients.