Louise Greenspan, MD, Write About Growing Concern Over 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
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?
Edward Ellison, MD, Health Care Leaders Warn of Physician Burnout
Edward Ellison, MD, co-CEO of The Permanente Federation and executive medical director/chairman of the board of the Southern California Permanente Medical Group, committed to addressing the root causes of physician burnout in a Health Affairs blog post co-authored with the…
Reaching Beyond Facilities to Improve Colorectal Cancer Screening
Kaiser Permanente’s Stroke EXPRESS Improves Stroke Care
How quickly stroke patients receive treatment is the focus of The Permanente Medical Group’s Stroke EXPRESS program, which was highlighted recently in a Modern Healthcare feature. Stroke EXPRESS – protocols for treating Kaiser Permanente members in Northern California – demonstrates…
Health Care Technology: Overhyped or Underutilized?
Federation Co-CEO Robert Pearl, MD, Talks Health IT Tools American health care is rapidly approaching the edge of a cliff, according to Robert Pearl, MD, co-CEO of The Permanente Federation, in a March 23 talk at the 2017 Splash Health…