Newsmakers
Permanente physicians are regularly featured in the media on a variety of health issues.
Jeffrey Velotta, MD, quoted in HealthLeaders on regionalizing lung cancer surgery
Jeffrey Velotta, MD, discusses in a HealthLeaders article published this week how Kaiser Permanente improved lung cancer surgery outcomes by shifting patients to five centers of excellence for thoracic surgery. In the story, “How Kaiser Permanente Regionalized Lung Surgery,” Dr. Velotta, a thoracic surgeon with The Permanente Medical Group, details…
Jeffrey Velotta, MD, presents findings on effects of regionalizing lung cancer surgery
A study looking at the latest innovation of consolidating lung cancer surgeries by location in Kaiser Permanente Northern California showed regionalizing these procedures was feasible for the organization and effective for patients, resulting in shorter hospital stays and fewer complications. Kaiser Permanente regionalized thoracic surgery in 2014, shifting cases from…
David Grossman, MD quoted in Annals of Emergency Medicine on the physician role in firearm safety
Ronald Loo, MD, shares Kaiser Permanente’s cost-saving equipment sharing program
Ronald Loo, MD – chair of Kaiser Permanente’s Inter-Regional Chiefs of Urology and co-lead of Kaiser Permanente's Health Innovation Team – speaks about a cost-saving equipment sharing program that he helped pioneer in a Healthcare Finance News story published this month. In the article, “How Kaiser Permanente saved $8.6 million…
Ameya Kulkarni, MD, addresses physician loneliness in NEJM article
Modern medicine ushers in advanced technology that helps improve patient care and the way physicians work. But some of the side effects of these technology can lead to physician burnout, especially in an era of virtual care where, more and more, doctors are working by themselves and not interacting with…
Wendolyn Gozansky, MD, discusses Kaiser Permanente’s approach to Complex Needs in Healthcare Informatics
Stephen Parodi, MD, speaks with MM&M about launch of new unified Permanente Medicine brand
Stephen Parodi, MD, executive vice president of External Affairs, Communications and Brand for The Permanente Federation, speaks about the Permanente Medical Groups’ launch of their new unified brand – Permanente Medicine – this week on MM&M (formerly called Medical Marketing & Media), a sister publication to PRWeek. The article, “Kaiser…
Michael Kanter, MD, and Patrick Courneya, MD, examine the promise, challenges of precision medicine
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