COVID-19 Archives

Imelda Dacones, MD, highlights Kaiser Permanente’s commitment to quality, top COVID-19 priorities in podcast

August 14, 2020

In an interview with Becker’s Healthcare founder and publisher Scott Becker, Imelda Dacones, MD, president and CEO of Northwest Permanente, reflects on her journey as a physician leader.

Kaiser Permanente joins phase 3 clinical trial for COVID-19 vaccine

August 13, 2020

The late-stage clinical trial will test the vaccine in 1,400 adults at 4 sites in California and Oregon.

JAMA features viewpoint on population genomics co-authored by David Grossman, MD

July 30, 2020

David Grossman, MD, of Washington Permanente Medical Group, and Eric Larson, MD, of Kaiser Permanente Washington Health Research Institute, published a peer-reviewed viewpoint in JAMA about the potentially powerful implications of population genomics for the future of health care.

Nancy Gin, MD, sheds light on how COVID-19 is transforming health care delivery

July 27, 2020

In an opinion piece for MedPage Today, Nancy Gin, MD, chief quality officer for The Permanente Federation, describes how COVID-19 has given health care a much-needed transformational jolt.

Edward M. Ellison, MD, shares how Permanente physicians fight inequity during COVID-19

July 24, 2020

Edward M. Ellison, MD, co-CEO of The Permanente Federation, addresses the disproportionate impact of COVID-19 on Black and Latinx communities.

Mitigation Playbook for Residential Care Facilities for the Elderly: COVID-19

July 23, 2020

Best practices from The Permanente Medical Group on preparing these care facilities for older adults during a pandemic.

Federation CIO Ed Lee, MD, discusses the need for telehealth flexibility

July 23, 2020

The Permanente Federation Chief Information Officer Ed Lee, MD, tells Politico that Permanente physicians need to adjust telehealth use to the COVID-19 pandemic’s ebbs and surges.

Permanente physician-researcher quoted in national media about results of COVID-19 vaccine trial

July 16, 2020

A study published in the New England Journal of Medicine, led by Lisa A. Jackson, MD, of Kaiser Permanente’s Washington Health Research Institute, reports on promising results in the phase 1 trial of an experimental COVID-19 vaccine.

Richard Isaacs, MD, FACS, discusses path ahead after latest COVID-19 surge with WebMD

July 15, 2020

In a wide-ranging interview with WebMD chief medical officer John Whyte, MD, MPH, Richard Isaacs, MD, FACS, shares updates on how Kaiser Permanente is responding to the latest COVID-19 surge.

Richard S. Isaacs, MD, FACS, tells Modern Healthcare video-first visits are here to stay

July 14, 2020

Richard Isaacs, MD, FACS, shared his views on “video-first” medical care in a wide-ranging interview with Matthew Weinstock, managing editor of Modern Healthcare, for the publication’s “Check Up” video series.