Newsmakers
Permanente physicians are regularly featured in the media on a variety of health issues.
Matt Handley, MD, Presents at Health Affairs Briefing on Five-year Mark of ‘Choosing Wisely’
Harvard Business Review Case Study Highlights Innovations in Obesity Management at Kaiser Permanente
Edward Ellison, MD, Testifies Before the President’s Commission on Opioid Crisis
PBS NewsHour Highlights Efforts by Permanente Physicians to Reduce Opioid Prescribing
Senators Schumer, Murray at the Center for Total Health with Kaiser Permanente leaders at Partnership for Quality Care
Cardiac Services Director Highlights Value of TAVR Procedure
An online U.S. News and World Report story published yesterday focused on the transcatheter aortic valve replacement, or TAVR, procedure as a growing alternative to open-heart surgery. The story quotes a few expert physicians from around the country, including Edward McNulty, MD, medical director of Cardiac Services for The Permanente…
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…