Brandon Choi, Author at Permanente Medicine

Growing to better support patients and physicians

February 18, 2025

Advanced Care at Home (ACAH) services continued to evolve as the Federation collaborated with KFHP/H to create a business case and obtain approval from sponsors to transition select services from external vendors to within Kaiser Permanente. To better understand Kaiser…

Raising the bar for high-quality care

February 10, 2025

The Federation continued to advance Kaiser Permanente’s cancer technology portfolio in molecular genomics diagnostic digital solutions, care coordination, virtual second opinions, symptom management, colon cancer algorithms, and cancer survivorship solutions. Additionally, Federation teams completed implementation of Kaiser Permanente’s National Cancer Expert…

Kaiser Permanente cardiac care excellence

At the heart of quality cardiac specialty care

February 15, 2023

Permanente physicians practicing Permanente Medicine excel in state-of-the-art cardiac surgeries.

Michael Kanter, MD, discusses accelerating best care practices

July 2, 2019

In a recent article for the Hospital Peer Review newsletter, Michael Kanter, MD, chair of clinical science and professor at the new Kaiser Permanente School of Medicine, shares his insights on how Kaiser Permanente is improving clinical quality by accelerating the adoption of best care practices.

Identifying suicide on the front lines of health

May 30, 2019

Through screening and intervention, primary care may be the most effective place to address suicide risk.

Edward M. Ellison, MD, underscores need to address total cost of physician burnout

May 28, 2019

In a recent opinion piece for the Annals of Internal Medicine, Permanente Federation co-CEO Edward M. Ellison, MD, highlights the importance of addressing the total cost of physician burnout.

Edward M. Ellison, MD, shares insights on the importance of gratitude in Medscape story

May 24, 2019

There is raised awareness regarding physician wellness “and it is absolutely imperative that we start upstream,” says Edward M. Ellison, MD, executive medical director and chairman at the Southern California Permanente Medical Group, underscoring the importance of providing tools to help promote wellness during residency training.

Edward Ellison, MD, addresses physician burnout at CNBC event

May 22, 2019

Speaking at the Healthy Returns event in New York, Federation co-CEO Edward Ellison, MD, talks about the fundamental changes needed at health care organizations to prevent physician burnout.

Ryan Caldeiro, MD, shares insights on prescribing benzodiazepine

May 20, 2019

Ryan Caldeiro, MD, assistant medical director for addiction medicine at Washington Permanente Medical Group, commented on how doctors and patients struggle with the use of benzodiazepine – a class of psychoactive drugs that is often prescribed for anxiety – in a recent WebMD article.

Imelda Dacones, MD, highlights the importance of Kaiser Permanente’s new Thrive Local social health network

May 16, 2019

Kaiser Permanente’s recent launch of Thrive Local – the most comprehensive, far-reaching social health network of its kind – promises to improve the health of individual patients and impact social determinants of health on a grand scale, according to Imelda Dacones, MD, Northwest Permanente’s president and chief executive officer, who is quoted in a recent HealthLeaders story.