Newsmakers
Permanente physicians are regularly featured in the media on a variety of health issues.
Permanente Physicians Not Eclipsed by Solar Event Coverage
Permanente Physician Talks About Benefits of Music for Multiple Sclerosis Patients
U.S. News & World Report published a story today that looked at whether music can be a therapeutic benefit to people with multiple sclerosis and quoted several research studies and two physician experts, including Jacqueline Marcus, MD, a physician with The Permanente Medical Group. The article looked at how music…
Multidisciplinary, Team-based Approach to Care an Answer for Common, Rare Conditions
Richard Isaacs, MD, FACS, co-CEO of The Permanente Federation, is featured in a July 1, 2017 Business Insider article: “There's a condition that affects one in 5 Americans, and the way it's treated sums up how quickly healthcare costs can spiral.” The article looks at the problem of treating common…
Edward Ellison, MD, Shares Kaiser Permanente Approach to Medical Education in Modern Healthcare
Are this country’s medical schools teaching physicians compassion and how to interact with patients? That’s the focus of a recent Modern Healthcare article, “Medical schools aim to make curricula mirror the real world,” which quotes Edward Ellison, MD, executive medical director and chairman of the board of the Southern California…
CIO Patricia Conolly, MD, on How Kaiser Permanente Uses Electronic Health Records
In a recent San Francisco Chronicle article about the pros and cons of electronic health records (EHRs), Patricia Conolly, MD, chief information officer and executive vice president of Information Technology at The Permanente Federation, gave an example of how Kaiser Permanente is using technology to help patients. The article, “Why…
Director of HIV/AIDS Care Michael Horberg, MD, Comments on New HIV Study
With the rise of life expectancy for HIV patients comes complications of aging-related diseases, such as cardiovascular conditions. Michael Horberg, MD, Kaiser Permanente’s national director for HIV/AIDS, was quoted in a recent Baltimore Sun article about his hopes for a planned National Institutes of Health (NIH) study on cholesterol-lowering medication…
Robert Pearl, MD, in the News on What Ails the American Health System
Following the recent release of his book, Mistreated: Why We Think We're Getting Good Health Care — and Why We're Usually Wrong, Robert Pearl, MD, has been on a media tour expressing concern for key issues in American health care, including appearances on NPR’s Morning Edition and authoring a Modern…
Washington Researcher to Lead U.S. Preventive Services Task Force
David C. Grossman, MD, MPH, a senior investigator at Kaiser Permanente Washington Health Research Institute, has been appointed as chair of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force. Dr. Grossman also is a pediatrician at Kaiser Permanente Washington and a senior medical director for the Washington Permanente Medical Group. He will continue in…
How Care Pathways Help to Reduce Hypertension Rates in Georgia
Echocardiographers are among the specialists considering how care pathways can help provide increased quality and efficiency in the evolution toward value-based care, according to an April 28 Cardiovascular Business Magazine article, “Pathways for Quality Care: Echocardiographers Ponder a Playbook for Imaging in Myocardial Infarction.” The article discusses the debate over…
Healthcare Informatics Goes One-on-One with Robert Pearl, MD, at World Health Care Congress
In the opening session of this year's World Health Care Congress in Washington, DC, on May 1, 2017, Robert Pearl, MD, CEO of The Permanente Medical Group and president and CEO of the Mid-Atlantic Permanente Medical Group, participated in a panel discussion on the elements of the health care system…