Newsmakers
Permanente physicians and physician leaders provide their health care industry insight and clinical experience through interviews, commentaries, thought leadership articles, and podcast appearances on a range of health care topics and news.
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
