Federation Co-CEO Robert Pearl, MD, Talks Health IT Tools American health care is rapidly approaching the edge of a cliff, according to Robert Pearl, MD, co-CEO of The Permanente Federation, in a March 23 talk at the 2017 Splash Health…
Sameer Awsare, MD, associate executive director of The Permanente Medical Group, spoke at last fall’s Southern California edition of the State of Reform Health Policy Conference, drawing attention to the growing problem of rising drug prices. The State of Reform…
How organizations provide health care to America's increasingly diverse population was the focus of a recent article, "Health care's new majority," published on politico.com. The article talked about the changing demographics and how whites are no longer the majority in…
A recent Sacramento Business Journal story, "Kaiser hires doctors at furious pace," looked at the high rate of physician hires at the Permanente Medical Groups (PMGs), especially in California. Robert Pearl, MD, executive director and CEO of The Permanente Medical Group and president…
Robert Pearl, MD, executive director and CEO of The Permanente Medical Group, published an opinion column in Sunday’s USA Today that serves as a wakeup call for the U.S. health care industry. Following a trip to India last fall, Dr.…
Kaiser Permanente’s Mid-Atlantic States Region has teamed up with local barbershop New Beginnings to offer free flu shots and preventive screenings at the barbershops in a Southwest Baltimore neighborhood in an effort to bring health care to underserved communities. A…
