The task force’s goals include identifying opportunities, gaps and strategic alliances related to research, policy, and community transformation.

The medical director for Kaiser Permanente Community Benefit was appointed to serve a four-year term on the committee.

Dennis Truong, MD, an assistant physician-in-chief for Mid-Atlantic Permanente Medical Group, will serve as a member of the forum’s Telehealth Committee.

Joel Hyatt, MD, emeritus assistant regional medical director for Community Health Initiatives for the Southern California Permanente Medical Group, speaks on an Institute for Healthcare Improvement panel, “The Opioid Crisis: How Health Care and the Community Can Act.”

Robert Pearl, MD, speaks on a symposium about the Affordable Care Act.

Sandra Stenmark, MD, pediatrician and physician director of Kaiser Permanente Colorado’s Community Benefit Health Equity, talked about Kaiser Permanente’s work to identify members with food insecurity.

Physicians from The Southeast Permanente Medical Group in Georgia were recognized in the 2016 Top Doctors list.