Newsmakers
Permanente physicians and physician leaders provide their health care industry insight and clinical experience through interviews, commentaries, thought leadership articles, and podcast appearances on a range of health care topics and news.
Marcus C. Griffith, MD, says Black physicians can better connect with vaccine-hesitant people of color
October 6, 2021
The Southeast Permanente Medical Group psychiatrist tells the American Medical Association that about half of his vaccine-hesitant patients change their minds about taking a COVID shot after a conversation.
Stephen Parodi, MD, tells CNN International vaccine mandates effectively increase rates among employees
October 5, 2021
The Permanente Medical Group associate executive director says vaccination rates are above 96% for all Kaiser Permanente employees and 98% for Permanente physicians in California.
Cannabis not a healthy prenatal choice, Permanente ob-gyn tells U.S. News
October 1, 2021
Deborah Ansley, MD, ob-gyn with The Permanente Medical Group, co-authors a study in JAMA that found a 25% increase in marijuana use during pregnancy compared with before the COVID-19 pandemic.
Edward Lee, MD, discusses investing in hospital-level care at home during virtual Becker’s conference
September 27, 2021
The Permanente Federation chief information officer says patient-centered models, technology-driven innovations, and the need to be more flexible with hospital capacity were considered in a decision to invest in providing hospital-level care at home.
Stephen Parodi, MD, writes about COVID-19’s threat to the moral fiber of American clinicians
September 27, 2021
Kaiser Permanente’s national infectious disease leader suggests clinicians look for guidance in the example set by predecessors who were on the front lines during the early 1980s AIDS epidemic.
Stephen Parodi, MD, shares how Permanente COVID-19 vaccine policy protects patients, communities
September 27, 2021
Kaiser Permanente’s national infectious disease leader tells AMA that with an organizationwide vaccine mandate, Permanente physicians lead the nation in physician COVID-19 vaccinations.
Edward Lee, MD, shares strategies for augmented intelligence in health care
September 14, 2021
The Permanente Federation chief information officer tells an American Medical Association Insight Network meeting that AI programs must start with the right questions.
Stephen Parodi, MD, says health care professionals’ frustrations mount as COVID-19 hospitalizations surge
August 31, 2021
Kaiser Permanente national infectious disease leader tells Hearst TV that physicians, nurses, and other clinicians facing burnout can benefit from peer support.
Permanente physicians share advice for supporting mental health through COVID-19 in Forbes
August 19, 2021
Psychiatrists Mabel Bongmba, MD, Gregory Kellermeyer, MD, and Maria Koshy, MD, highlight how clinicians help patients build mental resilience during the pandemic.
At HIMSS21, Permanente leaders say COVID-19 is driving profound changes to health care
August 16, 2021
The Permanente Federation’s co-CEOs Richard S. Isaacs, MD, FACS, and Ramin Davidoff, MD, and its chief information officer, Edward R. Lee, MD, highlight how the pandemic is driving health care’s technology transformation.