Newsmakers
Permanente physicians are regularly featured in the media on a variety of health issues.
Winston Wong, MD, joins AMA panel discussing equity issues and COVID-19 pandemic
April 6, 2020
The medical director of Community Benefit at The Permanente Federation joined an American Medical Association panel to discuss ways in which the novel coronavirus may uniquely impact physicians from different racial backgrounds, communities of color, and minority patient groups.
Federation CIO Ed Lee, MD, highlights Kaiser Permanente telemedicine use during coronavirus pandemic
April 5, 2020
As more health systems embrace telemedicine during the COVID-19 pandemic, The Permanente Federation Chief Information Officer Ed Lee, MD, explained that Kaiser Permanente is using telehealth as a default for most visits
Stephen Parodi, MD, discusses use of baby monitors to limit high-risk interactions with COVID-19 patients
April 3, 2020
Stephen Parodi, MD, discusses how front-line medical workers have leveraged baby monitors to help address some of the day-to-day challenges of treating those with the highly contagious COVID-19.
Stephen Parodi, MD, shares California’s progress on flattening the curve with the Today Show
April 2, 2020
A recent NBC News segment on the Today Show highlighted new evidence that some states’ early warnings to stay home could be paying off.
Stephen Parodi, MD, calls for calm, focus, and ingenuity to beat COVID-19
April 2, 2020
In an opinion piece in MedPage Today, Stephen Parodi, MD, executive vice president of The Permanente Federation, calls for calm, focus, and ingenuity among private and public health care professionals as they work to mitigate the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.
California’s stay-at-home efforts paying off, Stephen Parodi, MD, tells Associated Press
April 2, 2020
Kaiser Permanente, which serves more than 9 million members in California, has witnessed a promising trend over the past 2 weeks since social distancing measures were implemented across the state, Stephen Parodi, MD, executive vice president of The Permanente Federation, told The Associated Press.
Stephen Parodi, MD, shares cautious optimism on social distancing with Politico
April 1, 2020
Stephen Parodi, MD, an infectious disease physician and associate executive director with The Permanente Medical Group in Northern California, said in a statement to Politico that Kaiser Permanente is “seeing a leveling off of COVID-19 cases in our hospitals” across Northern California, where it serves 4.4 million members.
Nancy Gin, MD, provides update to Politico on Kaiser Permanente COVID-19 testing capabilities
March 30, 2020
The Permanente Federation's chief quality officer shares how Kaiser Permanente is among the growing number of health care providers adding COVID-19 testing in California.
David Witt, MD, explains the difference between ‘quarantine’ and ‘isolation’
March 30, 2020
In an interview with U.S. News and World Report, the Permanente infectious disease specialist explains how "isolation" is a better description of the state of affairs for most Americans during the coronavirus pandemic.
Amanda Williams, MD, discusses coronavirus effects on labor plans of expectant mothers
March 27, 2020
The maternity director at Kaiser Permanente Oakland Medical Center discussed how the organization is offering inducement of labor for pregnant women at 39 weeks in light of the coronavirus outbreak.