Nicole Friedman BASc, MS

Nicole is a Regional Administrator for Contimuim, Complex and Community care at Northwest Permanente, Nicole Friedman is responsible for programs that address complex medical and social needs to improve health outcomes and reduce cost of care for vulnerable populations. Additionally, Nicole serves as the national operational lead for social needs where she is responsible for implementing an enterprise shared social service resource locatoer to help a diverse array or providers, practicioners and patients connect to local community resources.
Prior to her role at Kaiser, Nicole developed various community health initiatives in New York City such as a community based palliative care program for low income seniors living in foster and long term care facilities. Nicole earned a Bachelors from the University of Oregon in Anthropology and Portuguese and received a Masters of Applied Medical Anthropology from Portland State. She received the KPNW Faces of Change award for eliminating social barriers to care and serves on the National Quality Forum, Person and Family Centered Care Committee.