Echocardiographers are among the specialists considering how care pathways can help provide increased quality and efficiency in the evolution toward value-based care, according to an April 28 Cardiovascular Business Magazine article, “Pathways for Quality Care: Echocardiographers Ponder a Playbook for…
In the opening session of this year's World Health Care Congress in Washington, DC, on May 1, 2017, Robert Pearl, MD, CEO of The Permanente Medical Group and president and CEO of the Mid-Atlantic Permanente Medical Group, participated in a…
One of the biggest myths about staying healthy is that more care is better care, Robert Pearl, MD, writes in an April 24 post on the University of Southern California Annenberg Center for Health Journalism website. Dr. Pearl, CEO of…
Timothy A. Munzing, MD, a family medicine physician with the Southern California Permanente Medical Group, was honored by the American Academy of Family Physicians and the Association of Family Medicine Residency Directors with the 2017 Outstanding Program Director award. This…
Value-based insurance design (VBID) is a buzzword getting attention from policymakers and stakeholders in search of ways to improve consumer incentives and purchase coverage with better value. Mary Reed, PhD, of Kaiser Permanente’s Division of Research in Northern California, and…
Edward Ellison, MD, co-CEO of The Permanente Federation and executive medical director/chairman of the board of the Southern California Permanente Medical Group, committed to addressing the root causes of physician burnout in a Health Affairs blog post co-authored with the…
How quickly stroke patients receive treatment is the focus of The Permanente Medical Group’s Stroke EXPRESS program, which was highlighted recently in a Modern Healthcare feature. Stroke EXPRESS – protocols for treating Kaiser Permanente members in Northern California – demonstrates…
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…