Physician leadership Archives

Climbing the leadership ladder: What female physicians need to know

February 6, 2020

Mary Wilson, MD, MPH, president and executive medical director, The Southeast Permanente Medical Group, writes about her journey to leadership and shares what she learned with other women.

Building the health care workforce of the future

February 4, 2020

Imelda Dacones, MD, sits on the board of directors of Futuro Health, a new nonprofit formed to solve the supply of health care workers in California. She writes how lessons learned can benefit the entire industry.

When the best prescription is deprescribing

January 30, 2020

Kaiser Permanente collaborated with the nonprofit Lown Institute to shed light on the dangers of polypharmacy or taking multiple medications.

‘Physician’ not ‘provider’ is better for doctor and patient

December 16, 2019

Permanente orthopedic surgeon Jennifer Weiss, MD, writes about overcoming barriers created by the term "provider" in the patient-physician relationship.

Putting the special in specialty care at Kaiser Permanente

November 25, 2019

Edward Ellison, MD, highlights how a large multispecialty medical group provides distinct care advantages.