Kaiser Permanente Statement on Our Commitment to Diversity & Inclusion
Kaiser Permanente senior leaders reaffirm the organization's commitment to diversity and inclusion that includes gender identity.
Infectious disease and the physician sleuth
Stephen Parodi, MD, an infectious disease physician with The Permanente Medical Group, specializes in helping diagnose diseases affecting communities.
Kaiser Permanente Receive Top NCQA Ratings
Six plans earn highest ratings in Health Insurance Plan Ratings for 2017-18.
Cardiac Services Director Highlights Value of TAVR Procedure
An online U.S. News and World Report story published yesterday focused on the transcatheter aortic valve replacement, or TAVR, procedure as a growing alternative to open-heart surgery. The story quotes a few expert physicians from around the country, including Edward…
Permanente Scientists Partner with Johns Hopkins Medicine
Kaiser Permanente and Johns Hopkins Medicine recently awarded grants to four research studies to innovate new patient health care best practices.
Permanente Physician Talks About Benefits of Music for Multiple Sclerosis Patients
U.S. News & World Report published a story today that looked at whether music can be a therapeutic benefit to people with multiple sclerosis and quoted several research studies and two physician experts, including Jacqueline Marcus, MD, a physician with…
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.