Newsmakers Archives - Permanente Medicine

Stephen Parodi, MD, discusses Advanced Care at Home Coalition’s support for delivering quality acute care at home

October 18, 2021

The Permanente Federation executive vice president tells Becker’s Health IT and other media that the coalition supports a policy foundation for delivering hospital-level care in patients’ homes.

Tweetcap: Physicians lean on research, science to combat COVID misinformation

October 13, 2021

Physicians are coming together to help combat misinformation around COVID-19 vaccination and the virus.

Marcus C. Griffith, MD, says Black physicians can better connect with vaccine-hesitant people of color

October 6, 2021

The Southeast Permanente Medical Group psychiatrist tells the American Medical Association that about half of his vaccine-hesitant patients change their minds about taking a COVID shot after a conversation.

Stephen Parodi, MD, tells CNN International vaccine mandates effectively increase rates among employees

October 5, 2021

The Permanente Medical Group associate executive director says vaccination rates are above 96% for all Kaiser Permanente employees and 98% for Permanente physicians in California.

Cannabis not a healthy prenatal choice, Permanente ob-gyn tells U.S. News

October 1, 2021

Deborah Ansley, MD, ob-gyn with The Permanente Medical Group, co-authors a study in JAMA that found a 25% increase in marijuana use during pregnancy compared with before the COVID-19 pandemic.

Permanente physicians provide expertise to media coverage of coronavirus, COVID-19

October 1, 2021

Helping the media provide up-to-date information surrounding the coronavirus pandemic, our Permanente physician experts provide evidence-based medicine to ease fears.

Edward Lee, MD, discusses investing in hospital-level care at home during virtual Becker’s conference

September 27, 2021

The Permanente Federation chief information officer says patient-centered models, technology-driven innovations, and the need to be more flexible with hospital capacity were considered in a decision to invest in providing hospital-level care at home.

Stephen Parodi, MD, writes about COVID-19’s threat to the moral fiber of American clinicians

September 27, 2021

Kaiser Permanente’s national infectious disease leader suggests clinicians look for guidance in the example set by predecessors who were on the front lines during the early 1980s AIDS epidemic.

Stephen Parodi, MD, shares how Permanente COVID-19 vaccine policy protects patients, communities

September 27, 2021

Kaiser Permanente’s national infectious disease leader tells AMA that with an organizationwide vaccine mandate, Permanente physicians lead the nation in physician COVID-19 vaccinations.

Edward Lee, MD, shares strategies for augmented intelligence in health care

September 14, 2021

The Permanente Federation chief information officer tells an American Medical Association Insight Network meeting that AI programs must start with the right questions.

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