Newsmakers Archives - Permanente Medicine

Edward Lee, MD, shares how technology can help reduce physician burnout on Reuters panel

May 11, 2021

The Permanente Federation chief information officer talks about the importance of physician leadership in identifying and refining technologies to reduce the burden on physicians and improve quality of care.

Katie Sharff, MD, offers insights into uptick of COVID-19 cases among younger adults on ABC News

April 30, 2021

The Northwest Permanente infectious disease specialist discusses how focus is shifting toward vaccinating younger people as cases climb among that population.

Stephen Parodi, MD, touts community-based approach to reach vaccine holdouts on MedPage Today

April 28, 2021

Kaiser Permanente’s national infectious disease leader suggests bringing COVID-19 vaccines directly to communities, supported by physicians and other trusted messengers.

Stephen Parodi, MD, discusses U.S. resumption of Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine

April 27, 2021

Kaiser Permanente infectious disease leader says physicians now have a huge task to restore confidence in vaccines.

Imelda Dacones, MD, discusses health impacts of climate change in Becker’s podcast

April 23, 2021

In an interview with Becker’s Healthcare founder and publisher Scott Becker, Northwest Permanente’s president and CEO calls climate change “a threat multiplier” in communities already hit hard by COVID-19.

Imelda Dacones, MD, shares 5 steps physicians can take to address climate change on MedPage Today

April 22, 2021

The Northwest Permanente president and CEO writes that now is the time to leverage lessons learned during the pandemic to implement environmentally responsible behaviors.

Robert Sallis, MD, discusses new study results on how exercise protects against severe COVID-19 outcomes

April 15, 2021

The co-director of Kaiser Permanente’s Sports Medicine Fellowship commented on research findings that more-active people with COVID-19 were less likely to be hospitalized or die from the illness.

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

April 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.

Imelda Dacones, MD, discusses slow progress of gender parity in medicine during Becker’s virtual forum

March 31, 2021

The Northwest Permanente president and CEO says that despite an increase in female medical school graduates, in practice unconscious biases prevent women from advancing to leadership positions.

TPMG physicians take center stage in ‘Hamilton’ parody to encourage vaccination

March 26, 2021

Andrew Liu, DO, hospitalist with The Permanente Medical Group, tells NPR about how he adapted Lin-Manuel Miranda’s “My Shot” to put a hip spin on promoting COVID-19 vaccination.

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