As hospitals and health systems grapple with a myriad of priorities and significant challenges, there is increasing public and political pressure to add environmental sustainability to the work. In keeping with their missions, hospitals and health systems are seeking to be better stewards of the environment while addressing financial pressures, staffing challenges, and other priorities.…

Register to attend  The health care industry faces an ongoing physician shortage, so there's a need to ensure a regular pipeline of new doctors. During the summer, residency begins for a lot of medical school graduates and graduate medical education (GME) is a necessity for residents to gain the training they need to enter practice.…

Register to attend  With up to 95% of young people ages 13 to 17 using social media, the U.S. Surgeon General recently issued an advisory warning of the potential health effects of social media platforms on adolescents. Several leading medical organizations, including the American Medical Association and American Academy of Pediatrics, joined the surgeon general…

Poor access, increasing levels of maternal morbidity, and mortality as well as limited ob-gyn care team numbers. Is this the reality for American women?  With resources having been directed away from women’s health over the past 3 years due to the global health emergency, gender-specific care access among the female population in North America has…

Register to attend  Unprecedented days of record-breaking heat this summer make it hard to ignore the health effects of a warming planet. How can physicians adjust to prepare to care for heat-related conditions and others brought on by climate change? Join us for this special PermanenteDocs Chat, presented with the American Medical Association, on Aug.…