Newsmakers Archives

JAMA Editorial Focuses Attention on Fall Prevention

November 10, 2017

Eric B. Larson, MD, executive director of the Kaiser Permanente Washington Health Research Institute, wrote an editorial accompanying the latest JAMA study about preventing falls among seniors, saying it is the most comprehensive study to date.

Edward Ellison, MD, Shares Permanente Medicine Approach to Opioid Safety on SiriusXM

November 9, 2017

Edward M. Ellison, MD, executive medical director and chairman of the board at Southern California Permanente Medical Group, shares his expertise on opioids during an interview on Doctor Radio Reports on SiriusXM.

Matt Handley, MD, Presents at Health Affairs Briefing on Five-year Mark of ‘Choosing Wisely’

November 6, 2017

Dr. Handley highlights the importance of leadership awareness in managing technological and cultural changes for continuous improvement.

Harvard Business Review Case Study Highlights Innovations in Obesity Management at Kaiser Permanente

October 27, 2017

Obesity is one of the most common chronic conditions affecting Kaiser Permanente’s patient population of more than 11 million people, mirroring what’s happening with the general population in the United States.

Edward Ellison, MD, Testifies Before the President’s Commission on Opioid Crisis

October 24, 2017

Discover the program's focus on patient safety and the positive outcomes achieved.

PBS NewsHour Highlights Efforts by Permanente Physicians to Reduce Opioid Prescribing

October 18, 2017

Explore the PBS NewsHour report from the series 'America Addicted' shedding light on the escalating opioid epidemic and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's guidelines on limiting prescription painkillers.

Senators Schumer, Murray at the Center for Total Health with Kaiser Permanente leaders at Partnership for Quality Care

October 5, 2017

Permanente Medical Group members and other visitors to Washington, DC, are welcome to tour the Center for Total Health.

Cardiac Services Director Highlights Value of TAVR Procedure

September 19, 2017

An online U.S. News and World Report story published yesterday focused on the transcatheter aortic valve replacement, or TAVR, procedure as a growing alternative to open-heart surgery. The story quotes a few expert physicians from around the country, including Edward…

Permanente Physicians Not Eclipsed by Solar Event Coverage

August 25, 2017

Several Permanente physicians and optometrists provided advice via various news media outlets across the country.

Permanente Physician Talks About Benefits of Music for Multiple Sclerosis Patients

August 14, 2017

U.S. News & World Report published a story today that looked at whether music can be a therapeutic benefit to people with multiple sclerosis and quoted several research studies and two physician experts, including Jacqueline Marcus, MD, a physician with…