Tweetcap: Medical community unites around #MedicineForMasks
The social media campaign aims to raise awareness around how people can do their part to slow the spread of COVID-19 by wearing masks.
Richard S. Isaacs, MD, and Tatjana Kolevska, MD, discuss telehealth innovations
Working together with Permanente physicians, Kaiser Permanente has continued to innovate and expand delivery of virtual care during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Nicola Klein, MD, discusses new smartphone technology for reporting vaccine side effects
A new monitoring system is designed to provide real-time warnings of side effects in Americans vaccinated against the coronavirus, but public health experts warn that it could be vulnerable to manipulation.
Podcast: Lessons from the front lines of COVID-19
The Permanente Medicine Podcast with Chris Grant is back. In our 10th episode, physician leaders Stephen Parodi, MD, and Ed Lee, MD, provide an in-depth look at Kaiser Permanente’s COVID-19 response.
Richard Isaacs, MD, writes on Medscape about health care advances during COVID-19
The Permanente Federation co-CEO focuses on 3 significant developments that will benefit how health organizations deliver care to patients for years to come.
Edward Lee, MD, quoted in Becker’s Health IT on the need for diverse data to inform AI algorithms
The chief information officer of The Permanente Federation says that training artificial intelligence algorithms for medical devices on insufficiently diverse data can lead to greater health disparities.
Flu season presents new challenges for physicians on COVID-19 front lines
Permanente emergency management and infectious disease specialists play a key role as flu season and COVID-19 converge to create the threat of a “twindemic.”
Jamal Rana, MD, and Stephen Sidney, MD, discuss effects of marijuana, vaping on the heart
The physician-researchers with The Permanente Medical Group recently commented on a Cardiology Today story about inconclusive evidence on the possible cardiovascular impacts of marijuana use and vaping.
Bechara Choucair, MD, and Stephen Parodi, MD discuss public health impacts of COVID-19
COVID-19 is the latest in a series of developments that have had a profound impact on public health, according to Kaiser Permanente physician leaders.
Lisa A. Jackson, MD, offers perspective on efficacy of COVID-19 vaccine in TIME story
The senior investigator with the Kaiser Permanente Washington Health Research Institute discusses promising developments from clinical trials on a COVID-19 vaccine under development by Moderna and the National Institutes of Health.