Newsmakers
Permanente physicians are regularly featured in the media on a variety of health issues.
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…
Focus on Kaiser Permanente’s Physician Hiring
A recent Sacramento Business Journal story, "Kaiser hires doctors at furious pace," looked at the high rate of physician hires at the Permanente Medical Groups (PMGs), especially in California. Robert Pearl, MD, executive director and CEO of The Permanente Medical Group and president and CEO of the Mid-Atlantic Permanente Medical Group, says in…
Robert Pearl, MD, Pens ‘Wakeup Call’ in USA Today
Robert Pearl, MD, executive director and CEO of The Permanente Medical Group, published an opinion column in Sunday’s USA Today that serves as a wakeup call for the U.S. health care industry. Following a trip to India last fall, Dr. Pearl writes about the innovation and low cost of health…
Permanente Medicine Shows Up at the Barbershop
Kaiser Permanente’s Mid-Atlantic States Region has teamed up with local barbershop New Beginnings to offer free flu shots and preventive screenings at the barbershops in a Southwest Baltimore neighborhood in an effort to bring health care to underserved communities. A feature in the Baltimore Sun quotes Bernadette Loftus, MD, associate…
Maria Carrasco, MD, MPH, Appointed to Health Equity Task Force
