Newsmakers
Permanente physicians are regularly featured in the media on a variety of health issues.
Robert Pearl, MD, Warns of Overtreatment in Health Care
One of the biggest myths about staying healthy is that more care is better care, Robert Pearl, MD, writes in an April 24 post on the University of Southern California Annenberg Center for Health Journalism website. Dr. Pearl, CEO of The Permanente Medical Group and Mid-Atlantic Permanente Medical Group, adds…
Matthew Daley, MD, Named a Childhood Immunization Champion
Louise Greenspan, MD, Write About Growing Concern Over Early Puberty
Multiple Awards for Family Medicine Residency Director
Timothy A. Munzing, MD, a family medicine physician with the Southern California Permanente Medical Group, was honored by the American Academy of Family Physicians and the Association of Family Medicine Residency Directors with the 2017 Outstanding Program Director award. This national award was presented recently during the Program Directors Workshop…
Kaiser Permanente Research: Relevant to Today’s Policy Challenges
Value-based insurance design (VBID) is a buzzword getting attention from policymakers and stakeholders in search of ways to improve consumer incentives and purchase coverage with better value. Mary Reed, PhD, of Kaiser Permanente’s Division of Research in Northern California, and her colleagues have been steadily publishing reports on consumers’ utilization…
Edward Ellison, MD, Health Care Leaders Warn of Physician Burnout
Edward Ellison, MD, co-CEO of The Permanente Federation and executive medical director/chairman of the board of the Southern California Permanente Medical Group, committed to addressing the root causes of physician burnout in a Health Affairs blog post co-authored with the CEOs of eleven other health systems. Dr. Ellison and his…
Kaiser Permanente’s Stroke EXPRESS Improves Stroke Care
How quickly stroke patients receive treatment is the focus of The Permanente Medical Group’s Stroke EXPRESS program, which was highlighted recently in a Modern Healthcare feature. Stroke EXPRESS – protocols for treating Kaiser Permanente members in Northern California – demonstrates the integrated care model approach of the organization, allowing Permanente…
Health Care Technology: Overhyped or Underutilized?
Federation Co-CEO Robert Pearl, MD, Talks Health IT Tools American health care is rapidly approaching the edge of a cliff, according to Robert Pearl, MD, co-CEO of The Permanente Federation, in a March 23 talk at the 2017 Splash Health Wellness and Wearables conference in San Francisco. Splash Health focuses…
Sameer Awsare, MD, Addresses Rising Drug Prices
Sameer Awsare, MD, associate executive director of The Permanente Medical Group, spoke at last fall’s Southern California edition of the State of Reform Health Policy Conference, drawing attention to the growing problem of rising drug prices. The State of Reform recently posted an interview with Dr. Awsare from the conference…
Addressing Health Equity in a Changing America
How organizations provide health care to America's increasingly diverse population was the focus of a recent article, "Health care's new majority," published on politico.com. The article talked about the changing demographics and how whites are no longer the majority in the nation, forcing health care organizations to look at challenges…