Permanente Medicine physician leader Richard S. Isaacs, MD, FACS, and Bechara Choucair, MD, Kaiser Permanente’s chief community health officer, today were named to Modern Healthcare’s annual list of the Top 50 Most Influential Physician Executives and Leaders for 2018.
In remarks at the 2018 World Health Care Congress this week, Imelda Dacones, MD, president and CEO of Northwest Permanente, shared how a customized electronic medical record, physician leadership, and a system-wide approach to prevention and rescue led to significant decreases in high-dose opioid prescriptions, among other improvements.
For the ninth consecutive year, all 38 of Kaiser Permanente’s hospitals have been recognized as a “Leader in LGBTQ Healthcare Equality” by the Human Rights Campaign Foundation.
The Council of Accountable Physician Practices (CAPP), a coalition of American multi-specialty medical groups and health systems, recently announced the election of Stephen Parodi, MD, as chair of the Board.
For the 12th consecutive year, Kaiser Permanente has earned a 100 percent score in the 2018 Corporate Equality Index survey administered by the Human Rights Campaign Foundation.