Compassionate Doctor Focuses on Patients
Kelly Foley, MD, a hospitalist in Colorado took a circuitous route to arriving at Kaiser Permanente’s integrated care model.
Multidisciplinary, Team-based Approach to Care an Answer for Common, Rare Conditions
Richard Isaacs, MD, FACS, co-CEO of The Permanente Federation, is featured in a July 1, 2017 Business Insider article: “There's a condition that affects one in 5 Americans, and the way it's treated sums up how quickly healthcare costs can…
Edward Ellison, MD, Shares Kaiser Permanente Approach to Medical Education in Modern Healthcare
Are this country’s medical schools teaching physicians compassion and how to interact with patients? That’s the focus of a recent Modern Healthcare article, “Medical schools aim to make curricula mirror the real world,” which quotes Edward Ellison, MD, executive medical…
Reducing CT Use for Adult Head Traumas
A recent study finds a Kaiser Permanente decision support tool in Emergency Departments also allowed for better identification of injuries.
Kaiser Permanente’s New Sleek and Smart California Laboratory
A new state-of-the-art facility in Southern California incorporates automation to efficiently process highly infectious specimens and support more specialized testing from other regions.
Healing the Healers
Depression, burnout, and even suicide is surprisingly common among medical students and physicians. The Kaiser Permanente School of Medicine is working to reverse that trend by building a culture of well-being from the ground up.
CIO Patricia Conolly, MD, on How Kaiser Permanente Uses Electronic Health Records
In a recent San Francisco Chronicle article about the pros and cons of electronic health records (EHRs), Patricia Conolly, MD, chief information officer and executive vice president of Information Technology at The Permanente Federation, gave an example of how Kaiser…
Regaining Control When Facing Kidney Failure
Kaiser Permanente’s Optimal Starts program helps to reduce complications, and enhance patients’ quality of life.
Right Care, Right Time, Right Place
Northwest Permanente COO Rahul Rastogi, MD, finds innovative ways to deliver quality, convenient care to patients.
Director of HIV/AIDS Care Michael Horberg, MD, Comments on New HIV Study
With the rise of life expectancy for HIV patients comes complications of aging-related diseases, such as cardiovascular conditions. Michael Horberg, MD, Kaiser Permanente’s national director for HIV/AIDS, was quoted in a recent Baltimore Sun article about his hopes for a…