Feedback-informed Care: A New Course for Depression Treatment
Kaiser Permanente researchers use big data to help customize and improve care for depression.
How Care Pathways Help to Reduce Hypertension Rates in Georgia
Echocardiographers are among the specialists considering how care pathways can help provide increased quality and efficiency in the evolution toward value-based care, according to an April 28 Cardiovascular Business Magazine article, “Pathways for Quality Care: Echocardiographers Ponder a Playbook for…
Healthcare Informatics Goes One-on-One with Robert Pearl, MD, at World Health Care Congress
In the opening session of this year's World Health Care Congress in Washington, DC, on May 1, 2017, Robert Pearl, MD, CEO of The Permanente Medical Group and president and CEO of the Mid-Atlantic Permanente Medical Group, participated in a…
Robert Pearl, MD, Warns of Overtreatment in Health Care
One of the biggest myths about staying healthy is that more care is better care, Robert Pearl, MD, writes in an April 24 post on the University of Southern California Annenberg Center for Health Journalism website. Dr. Pearl, CEO of…
Matthew Daley, MD, Named a Childhood Immunization Champion
Matthew Daley, MD, a pediatric researcher for the Institute for Health Research at Kaiser Permanente Colorado and a pediatrician with the Colorado Permanente Medical Group, is one of 35 physicians across the country receiving the 2017 Childhood Immunization Champion Award from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Louise Greenspan, MD, Write About Growing Concern Over Early Puberty
Dr. Greenspan provides suggestions on how parents can talk to their children about early puberty.
Multiple Awards for Family Medicine Residency Director
Timothy A. Munzing, MD, a family medicine physician with the Southern California Permanente Medical Group, was honored by the American Academy of Family Physicians and the Association of Family Medicine Residency Directors with the 2017 Outstanding Program Director award. This…
Treatment as prevention
Michael Horberg, MD, devotes his career to transforming how HIV/AIDS patients are treated at Kaiser Permanente and throughout the United States.
Kaiser Permanente Research: Relevant to Today’s Policy Challenges
Value-based insurance design (VBID) is a buzzword getting attention from policymakers and stakeholders in search of ways to improve consumer incentives and purchase coverage with better value. Mary Reed, PhD, of Kaiser Permanente’s Division of Research in Northern California, and…
Health Care Research: A Moral Responsibility?
How and why Kaiser Permanente researchers apply their best efforts to transforming how health care is provided.