Physician leadership
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Leading through unprecedented challenge and change
September 13, 2020
Edward Ellison, MD, executive medical director of Southern California Permanente Medical Group, shares how an integrated care system harnesses passion, innovation, and member-focused spirit to rise to the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Breaking the COVID curve
September 8, 2020
Physician leader and infectious disease specialist Stephen Parodi, MD, writes that the nation needs to address the current health predicament by focusing on the sprawling underfunded, undervalued public health infrastructure.
Pandemic reveals critical need to unite health care with social care
August 23, 2020
By employing a targeted network of community-based partnerships, Permanente physicians can address patients’ social health and begin to achieve health equity.
From the front lines: How COVID-19 stirred memories of Chernobyl disaster
July 5, 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic sparks memories of the Chernobyl disaster for a Permanente physician, and reminds her about the significance of medicine to society.
The mental toll of providing care during a pandemic
June 30, 2020
The unprecedented impact of COVID-19 has been felt across the medical community, increasing concerns over PTSD and moral injury rising among physicians and care teams.